According to a new draft recommendation statement, the US Preventive Services Task Force proposes that women with an average risk for breast cancer begin screening at...
As we close our celebration of Black History Month this year, we recently sat down with Byna Elliott, global head of Advancing Black Pathways at JPMorgan...
The number of persons convicted of a federal human trafficking offense increased from 2011 (464 persons) to 2019 (837 persons) before falling in 2020 (658 persons)....
Acting on a tip, local police and other law enforcement agencies began surveilling Wesley Brownlee, a Bay Area native. He was arrested while scouting for new...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There is a saying, do not talk about it, be about it,” said Otis Rolley, now the head of Philanthropy and Community Impact...
The data that was collected showed that 90% of Black Californians say that they have health insurance coverage, and 92% of respondents said that they have...
Comcast RISE is part of a larger $100 million Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative that Comcast launched last summer. In June 2020, Comcast NBCUniversal announced the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on the state of Black students at community colleges,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The researchers analyzed the association between sleep scores and cardiovascular events after adjusting for age, sex, alcohol consumption, occupation, smoking, body mass index,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From her earliest years at UAA, I admired how Vara brought diverse perspectives together and created a shared vision for supporting students to...
“While HIV/AIDS affect people of all backgrounds, Black Americans have a higher rate of new HIV diagnoses,” said Rep. Barbara Lee. “In 2018, despite comprising just 13% of America’s...
In March, the U.S. Congress passed a $4 billion debt relief program for farmers of color to address past discrimination in USDA programs. The debt relief...
Comcast California held a virtual press conference to announce a major new investment fund that will soon be available for small businesses owned by people of...
We all have some Hispanic heritage in California, whether we own it or not. The style, the language, the names of our cities and streets. All...
Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Asian American small business owners in Oakland can apply for a $10,000 grant from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, which will issue...
Diversity means we need to coalesce even more for common goals. No one group is dominant.
Those numbers also determine how – and how much -- state and federal funding will be allocated to counties and cities in the state.
Kaiser Permanente is the first hospital in the East Bay to offer the program through a partnership with the Cleveland Cord Blood Center
“Ethnic media has quickly become an increasingly indispensable bridge for communicating with diverse populations within our state,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said at the opening ceremony.
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In the official GOP response to President Joe Biden’s Joint Speech to Congress last week, Scott offered up his childhood growing up with a single mother...
The 25x25 Pledge challenges companies to increase their diversity in leadership positions in their companies with a goal of filling 25% of leadership positions with hires...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Michael Bloomberg was Mayor in New York from 2002 to 2013. When new Mayor Bill DeBlasio took office in 2014, and after an...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Researchers in the NYU study noted that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for teens from all demographics. They found that only...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I shook hands with a 13 year-old-boy whose mother told him to make eye contact and shake hands firmly. Even in the midst...