By Sym Posey The Birmingham Times When she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 27, Raquel Smith, a Minor High School and Tuskegee University alum...
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times The Rev. Frank Dukes, an influential Birmingham Civil Rights Movement leader and President of Miles College’s trailblazing student body in...
CAIR-Chicago Newswire CHICAGO, Ill. (Oct. 15, 2023) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the reparations task force, illustrated the urgency of the matter with a compelling analogy: “If you were to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Richardson, an underdog coming in, became the American since Tori Bowie in 2017, to win the women’s 100-meter world championship. The post Sha’Carrie...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Robson and Safechuck alleged the abuse occurred when they were minors and under Jackson’s care. Lower courts previously denied the men’s attempts to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We have been working to target resources to communities in need across the entire federal government while recognizing that different targeting measures will work...
It took the courage of humanity to take action like Fagen did. If you’ve never heard of this history, it’s not surprising. It’s one that runs...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox...
UC Berkeley Grad Continues to Bring International Economic Empowerment for Women
Oakland’s longshore and dock workers are the frontline essential workers for economic pandemic relief and supply-chain restoration.
Some Black business owners are concerned that, as has often been the case with large government spending programs, they will be overlooked.
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...
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...
While a lot of establishments such as restaurants, movies, amusement parks and places where people gather were closed for the past 18 months because of COVID-19,...
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...
Dr. Robert Parris Moses, a Harlem native who became one of the architects of Freedom Summer, died at his home in Hollywood, Fla., on July 25....
There’s been a lot of news about the Democratic legislators in Texas who fled the state to prevent Republicans from pushing through sweeping new voter suppression laws. Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to have them arrested to force them...
This week the AASEG (African American Sports and Entertainment Group) has moved forward to secure the exclusive rights to bring a WNBA team to the Oakland...
The artworks, created by the Grammy-nominated visual artist Serge Gay Jr, were commissioned to encourage people to continue to take safety precautions against COVID-19 even though...
Investigators are still going through video and social media documenting the attempt to disrupt congressional affirmation of President Joe Biden’s victory. Just six months ago.
The heart of Oakland as a progressive, working-class city and the unusual reality of thousands of decent-paying jobs employing Black workers are all at stake.
Hannah-Jones and Coates add to the list of media heavy hitters who have recently joined the faculty at Howard.
The 450-page reader focuses on Black dating and male and female relationships, a subject that has been a large focus for his weekly podcasts over the past four years....
Jean-Pierre got her start in politics as an activist, and later as a political commentator for MSNBC. She was chief public affairs officer at MoveOn.org --...