The USS Hornet Sea, Space & Air Museum, moored at the City of Alameda, hosted a “Remembrance” ceremony of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, on board the ship...
Inequities in health outcomes have always been with us. COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates among African Americans rival or exceed those in heart disease, diabetes and...
The lawmakers’ letter comes in the wake of a Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) most recent eviction...
In a culture that worships celebrities and amplifies their words and actions, the coronavirus pandemic has presented an opportunity for some to apply and others to...
All ye news consumers are probably thinking more about Afghanistan in these last two weeks than at any point in the last 20 years.
Top health officials and medical experts joined on August 18 to announce that booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available beginning on September 20.
Jasmyne Cannick, who is an activist, journalist, and political strategist in Los Angeles, says getting the criminal justice system to investigate the mysterious deaths of two...
State officials announced July 26 that health care workers and state employees will now be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested regularly if...
Here’s why dozens of Texas lawmakers are in Washington, D.C. this week.
Lons suffered an overdose and battled drug addiction for years. The official cause of death is pending from the Alameda County Medical Examiner.
Don’t put away that mask. While the American public might be celebrating the lifting of the tightest COVID-19 restrictions in most parts of the United States,...
When we choose to trust science, we should then weigh our options before we accept or reject any product touted as being the cure.
“No one should live in fear of being denied the lifesaving care they are entitled to, especially as our nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic,”...
In 1903, Price attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Knowing that race was a barrier for entry, she presented herself as being of...
OPD is working with the San Francisco Police Department and Armstrong announced that they have made a couple of key arrests.
Health system commits $10 million in community grants, announces sweepstakes ahead of July 4 goal
Also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, it commemorates the end of slavery, the seminal event in Black history.
Instead of strengthening or fixing the law, federal judge Roger Benitez, a Bush appointee based in Southern California, just declared it unconstitutional on June 4.
Since Floyd’s murder, members of the CLBC have introduced five different bills geared toward eliminating police use of excessive force and encouraging safter and more responsible...
“This is alarming,” said the Rev. K.W. Tulloss, president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Los Angeles and Southern California. “People were already leery. But we...
This would ensure that survivors of police violence and loved ones of those killed by police are no longer dependent on either a police report documenting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities across...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During the early Civil Rights Movement when women worked behind the scenes, Dorothy Height’s quiet power brought wisdom and a social worker’s perspective...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Molecular testing technologies help detect the presence of a virus by identifying a small section of the virus' genome, then amplifying that portion...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jointly hosted by NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and AARP Vice President of Multicultural Leadership, Shani Hosten, the live...