Oakland students are supporting their teachers’ call for a 12 percent salary increase, more investments in students, an end to school closures, and the hiring of...
Aguilar Spent 20 Years with Greenlining; Organization Begins National Search for New Leader The Greenlining Institute’s Board of Directors announces that after nearly two decades with...
Oakland firefighters are close to winning a pay raise from the City of Oakland, the result of a long and contentious negotiation period , which was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Very sad day here in Baltimore with the passing of Frank Robinson, the greatest Oriole of all time in my estimation and a...
Oakland Unified School District teachers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, “if necessary,” for higher wages, more counselors and school nurses, and against the school...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Consumer Bureau”) has recently announced several settlements against entities for engaging in unlawful practices without requiring the payment...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’ve raised enough to produce additional resources. That’s what we did – and more,” Dawkins said in announcing that the all-women’s school had...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Clemency is the second feature film for writer/director Chukwu, who worked on the clemency campaign for Tyra Patterson. Patterson was wrongly accused of...
MISSISSIPPI LINK — The lofty words of the president resonated little with Democrats and black leaders.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There's no dignity to be found in being inadequately trained to sit for the bar exam. A mountain of debt and dim legal...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Leon W. Russell, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, will present Congresswoman Waters with the award at the 50th NAACP Image...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Harris, who obviously knows who she is, lived her life as a black woman in America because in America, particularly during her childhood,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After patiently waiting in the wings as President Donald Trump used 90 minutes to deliver what was supposed to be a 45-minute State...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Teacher concerns transformed into organized protests when, in early 2018, the West Virginia teacher’s strike made headlines, lasting over 2 weeks. Local education...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Elia Quintana, the director of Stakeholder Relations for API , Dr. Carlos Rodriguez, and Stewart joined the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Midwinter...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt told NNPA Newswire that Cosby was walking across the yard for his daily exercise and prison officials were also...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a televised interview, Moore revealed her cancer diagnosis and where she believes she’d be if it weren’t for former President Barack Obama’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — CBS News reported that it conducted further research, uncovering another page in Northam’s yearbook at the Virginia Military Institute that displays nicknames listed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind, where parents can put food...
Last Friday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee was named by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of six House Democratic members on the conference committee to negotiate homeland...
Kamala Harris returned to her birth place to kick off her campaign for the US presidency with some hometown flair. The Clouds cleared for a rally...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti praised American mayors for moving their cities forward despite the chaotic politics in Washington D.C.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Jimi Hendrix is one of the most important figures in American pop culture, not just American music,” said Dr. Steven Lewis, curator at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Beginning in about two weeks I will be teaching a fellowship at Harvard University,” Gillum said in an exclusive tidbit from a fireside...
The San Francisco Interfaith Council hosted the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at the Yerba Buena Garden complex on Monday, January 21. The celebration...