Many Oakland residents are saying that the City Council’s public hearing on critical issues that impact African Americans in Oakland is a good first step. ...
WASHINGTON (Fayetteville Observer) – Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman...
(Vox) – Cooperation with law enforcement helped increase the number of Americans absolved of previous criminal convictions to 125 in 2014 — a record high since...
Oakland has the chance to be a model for cities across the country on how city government can effectively respond to the Black Lives Matter movement,...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it...
EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not only does a feature of a popular Google Inc. mobile app put police officers’ lives in danger, it...
(TechCrunch) – Microsoft today launched Outlook for Android and iOS phones and tablets, based on the application it acquired when it bought Acompli last December. These new applications will go live in their respective...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — NFL veterans who started playing tackle football before the age of 12 are more likely to have cognitive...
(New York Times) – Has the student loan crisis already been solved? This might seem an absurd question. Student loan debt is at a record high of $1.1...