(CNN) – WTF? That’s exactly what the political world has been asking since President Barack Obama went to a garage in Los Angeles to record...
City Councilmembers this week reluctantly approved a new Oakland Workforce Investment Board (WIB) budget for 2015-2017 that will make drastic cuts in jobs and job training...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Democrat and African-American in Mississippi’s six-member congressional delegation, has waited decades for a groundswell of opposition to the...
Oakland’s housing market continues to skyrocket, making the city one of the fastest-moving housing markets in the country, according to a new city report. The report...
As the Oakland City Council prepares to vote on the city budget for the next two years, Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Mayor Libby Schaaf...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press DAVID ESPO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a triumph of divided government, the Republican-controlled Congress passed major trade legislation Wednesday that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — His health care legacy secure, President Barack Obama cast Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare as a historic and...
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, rejecting a...
(Salon) – On “The O’Reilly Factor” Wednesday night, host Bill O’Reilly had what could charitably be called a tantrum — if any of his viewers...
(Politico) – Hillary Clinton is riding high in a new WSJ/NBC News poll, with a whopping 60-point margin over her nearest Democratic rival and commanding leads nationally...
(Real Clear Politics) – Reacting to President Obama’s use of the n-word on Marc Maron’s podcast, Cornel West called him the first “niggerized” president in an appearance on...
(Real Clear Politics) – Reacting to President Obama’s use of the n-word on Marc Maron’s podcast, Cornel West called him the first “niggerized” president in an appearance on...
The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tributes to the Confederacy and the Jim Crow era that have existed still abound in the Deep South and beyond...
The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tributes to the Confederacy and the Jim Crow era that have existed still abound in the Deep South and beyond...
(The Atlantic) – This afternoon, in announcing her support for removing the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley asserted that...
(USA Today) – New York City will pay $6.25 million to a man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The settlement...
By Congresswoman Barbara Lee An article in the recent Post Newspaper, “Oakland is Losing Its Racial, Age and Economic Diversity,” highlights the growing crisis of...
RICHMOND (The Washington Post) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that he wants to phase out a state-sponsored license plate featuring an image of the...
RICHMOND (The Washington Post) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that he wants to phase out a state-sponsored license plate featuring an image of the...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s glad he said what he said. And he believes America proved his point on Monday: Even in the wake of...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s glad he said what he said. And he believes America proved his point on Monday: Even in the wake of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When President Obama returns to Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Friday to eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When President Obama returns to Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Friday to eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney,...