Congresswoman Barbara Lee welcomed Attorney General Eric Holder to Oakland Thursday for a roundtable discussion around building trust between the community and law enforcement. ...
(The Washington Post) – President Obama has never been one to go easy on America. As a new president, he dismissed the idea of American...
The Oakland City Council this week continued to come to grips with issues raised at a recent public hearing “on racial inequality within the economic and...
The future of Oakland as a conduit for global commerce took a big step forward recently when the Port of Oakland and Union Pacific Railroad started...
By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Last year, after the Food and Drug Administration approved a breakthrough new drug for hepatitis C, health officials around the country...
(Politico) – In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a...
(Politico) – In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sometimes heated meeting with Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., several House Democrats expressed...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sometimes heated meeting with Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., several House Democrats expressed...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida went to one of America’s most troubled cities Wednesday to lay out the economic principles for a...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida went to one of America’s most troubled cities Wednesday to lay out the economic principles for a...
(Salon) – Delivering his victory speech following his re-election in 2012, President Obama adhered to standard practice by offering warm words for his vanquished opponent....
DAVID ESPO, Associated Press ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered congressional Republicans challenged President Barack Obama at both ends of the Capitol on...
DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The new leader of the New York state Assembly promised to focus on ethics and integrity after colleagues...
DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The new leader of the New York state Assembly promised to focus on ethics and integrity after colleagues...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by earmarking $50 million to...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is proposing nearly $280 billion in tax cuts for low- and middle-income families, but not everyone...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to help America’s middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Reggie Love says his job as “body man” for Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign and at the White House required...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Along with invitations to the White House and other prestigious addresses, the Rev....
David Jackson and Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—President Obama unveiled a nearly $4 trillion budget that is “designed to bring middle class economics...
David Jackson and Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—President Obama unveiled a nearly $4 trillion budget that is “designed to bring middle class economics...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison I truly believe that the opportunity to present my views in the Post News Group allows me to bring a...