The man who killed Vincent Chin, Ronald Ebens, a white auto worker, spent no jail time for the crime and was allowed to plea bargain to...
The Oakland college reverses course and announces a new survival plan. Men will be admitted as undergraduates, changing tradition.
Some of the proposed laws aim to address challenges that impact various segments of the African American LGBTQ+ community -- either directly or circumstantially.
Ebens’ murder of Chin is considered the most infamous individual hate crime in Asian American history, mostly because the murderer has done no time for the...
According to Statista Research Department, California had a total of 22 mass shootings between 1982 and 2021.
The three-day conference was divided into a total of six morning and afternoon plenary lectures and attendees had access to their choice of 55 seminars and...
The organization provides funding to help with disasters, holidays, social justice and equity issues, as well as Covid-19 response grants.
Her first country music memory growing up was of Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. She adds that Johnny Paycheck’s “Take This Job and Shove It” was...
Voters showed the strength of our democracy by showing up in record numbers to cast ballots to defeat an incumbent president. And voters in Georgia, led...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — So, as the calendar turns to 2021, and many wish friends, family and associates, “Happy New Year!” we’ll place an overwhelming emphasis on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "There's a bunch of research about the value add of Black teachers in school. It turns out that Black teachers help all students...
During a virtual meeting on Nov. 10, 2020, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors declared racism a health crisis and unanimously approved establishing an office...
Thousands of people took to Oakland streets beginning May 29 for what was largely a peaceful protest against the death of George Floyd, a Black man...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was sitting at home and brainstorming on things that I needed to do, and then the phone started to ring,” stated Rory...
ROLLING OUT — Tamra Simmons, executive producer of the Lifetime documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly," sits down with rolling out's "Cook it Out" show host Jae...
NNPA ESSA PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — This month, my organization, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools released its highly-anticipated report, “Identity and Charter School Leadership:...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We have a president who deliberately is trying to divide America and not only do we have to defeat the worst president in...
ROLLINGOUT — The Detroit community came together on Sunday, June 2, 2019, for Detroit SOUP, a micro-granting dinner focused on highlighting creative projects in the city. Held...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A District-headquartered employees’ union has launched an interactive campaign to engage young people of color ahead of the 2020 election. The initiative of the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black women sit at the nexus of race and gender and are buffeted by the twin spectres of these “isms”, and struggle upstream...
Michael Chukes poses next to his sculpture “Escaped Convict.” Photo by Tobaji Stewart. Saddened, angered and disappointed by the brutality against black men by police, Michael...
Feras Fahed Abushaar grew up in Kuwait knowing precisely the damage that conflict could cause. Both his Syrian father and Palestinian mother had lost their...
The Greenlining Institute brought its 24th annual Economic Summit to the organization’s new hometown of Oakland April 14. At a moment when communities of color are...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D- Richmond) honored Dr. Vicki Alexander as the 15th Assembly District Woman of the Year Award recipient. “It brings me great pleasure to present this...
You really can’t remember. For sure, something important happened years ago, something you should recall very easily, but time’s made things fuzzy. Have...