NNPA NEWSWIRE — “[We] know that voting is an essential right and that expanding access to ballot is good for our democracy,” said Cheri Bustos, who...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump is increasingly highlighting his pitch to African Americans as Democrats struggle to decide amongst a crowded field. Political observers understand that Trump...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are holding a hearing this week to hear directly from the Bureau about its strategy to recruit more Census workers, dispel fears,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It truly explains the Trump victory, I have no doubt. No man can take the credit. Only the strong right arm of a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We cannot have a party where the constituency looks like one thing, and the people who are running at the top of the...
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Yolanda Richardson, 49, secretary of the Government Operations Agency. Sacramento insiders call it “GovOps” for short. If the state Senate...
After a two-hour debate last Wednesday, the state senate voted 18 to 15 to reject SB 50, a housing zoning bill Sen. Scott Wiener D-San Francisco)...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The obstacles put in place by those that wish to see us disenfranchised – from the Census to the ballot box – only...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mfume’s primary challenger in Maryland’s seventh congressional district was Cummings’ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings. But the contest was no close. The general election...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I applaud the courage of the 48 Senators – 45 Democrats, 2 Independents, and 1 Republican – who put their careers on the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Politics has always been about whom is the most articulate, and factual, but the impeachment appeared to be more about talking, and the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Think about it this way. A company wants your home. They tell you that they will offer you a specific price but that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The one thing Americans know from first-hand experience or watching TV is that, in a trial, you present your witness and present documents....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In an interview that tackled several pressing topics, Jones said he "absolutely agreed" that voting rights are under attack all over the country....
Reacting to reports that the City Administration secretly spent $50,000 to hire an outside contractor to investigate a member of the Oakland Police Commission, City President...
Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley this week introduced Senate Bill 889, which would raise the age at which young people in California are automatically tried as adults...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Republicans are afraid. I mean, they liked the far right-wing judges that Trump gives them, but they’re fearful of him,” Sen. Sherrod Brown...
With the United States about to begin its monumental task of counting everybody in the country once every 10 years, the House Oversight Committee held a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Unfortunately, our system of consumer credit reporting is badly broken, and consumers have little recourse. It is typical for credit reports to be...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will be convening the Congressional Black Caucus National Black Leadership Summit on February 3rd and 4th. “We...
THE ATLANTA VOICE — In 2018, the youth vote increased in all 42 states for which youth voting data is available, according to the analysis by researchers at...
THE LOS ANGELES WAVE — Gov. Gavin Newsom visited staff and residents at a board and care home in a Los Angeles neighborhood on the second...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though polls are not a definitive measure of who will win an election, Warren and Klobuchar tend to poll more weakly than the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I am deeply concerned by this Administration’s ongoing efforts to gut important laws designed to protect hardworking Americans. Instead of rolling back the...