NNPA NEWSWIRE — Last week, the release of a second loan program to bolster businesses and revive the economy provides about $484 billion for small businesses,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The must-see interview, which will spotlight the recent actions of the U.S. Congress with respect to the impact of COVID-19 on America, and...
There are various reasons COVID-19 is killing Black people at six times the rate of white people, including a lack of access to health care, and...
Pediatric surgeon Ala Stanford and 30 other doctors in Philadelphia have taken COVID-19 testing to people after getting calls from family and friends worried that they...
The response to COVID-19 has laid bare, once again, the glaring economic inequalities we live with every day. An essential new institution is public banking —...
The health departments of six Bay Area counties issued a joint statement this week announcing they are extending shelter-in-place orders through the end of May to...
On March 26, 2020, Daryle Allums, CEO of Adamika Village a nonprofit known for decreasing gun violence, protecting women from domestic violence and human trafficking went...
Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California was the first state in the nation to secure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to place...
African American-owned restaurants across California will be able to participate in a new state program that contracts eateries to prepare meals and deliver them to vulnerable...
What happened to living for the weekend? Where did hump day go? When will sports return? When will these kids return to school? Where can I...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Dear World, the entire planet is feeling the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic,” Cheryl Smith of Texas Metro News wrote to her readers....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We call on hotel owners—and especially those who have been helped with our public dollars through the federal relief package—to act in the...
As face-covering enforcement begins in the Bay Area, Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and region-wide officials to act...
Black People are being infected and dying at disproportionate rates from COVID-19. This past Saturday, Community Ready Corps (CRC) and The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) virtually...
Prior to COVID 19, Oakland had experienced a housing crisis for years, a crisis that has taken new proportions as the general public is expected to...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique health and economic challenges for individuals and families, especially in communities of color where people are disproportionately affected by the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To combat the resulting uncertainty and help ensure that Black-owned businesses can sustain themselves and survive the pandemic, a team of influencers and...
The media has just discovered that the coronavirus is far more deadly to blacks and Latinos than to whites. Twice as deadly in New York City,...
The term “gig” has its modern origins in music. Jazz musicians in the early 20th century used to refer to any job that paid money as...
“History is bound to repeat itself. Look at what went wrong in 1918 (Spanish Flu.) Then do the opposite.” The History Channel. Pres. Woodrow Wilson was...
In just a short period of about 4 months, the coronavirus became a worldwide pandemic affecting almost every country on the globe. The speed with which...
There are all kinds of frontline workers battling COVID-19. Some tend to the sick in hospitals, others brave the streets to distribute food. And the postal...
Angela Blackwell, founder and president of Oakland’s PolicyLink, has been named to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 task force. “It’s been like tons, or gallons, of alcohol...
The COVID-19 crisis is shining a bright and unforgiving light on the glaring economic and racial inequalities we live with every day. Public banking is a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As part of the multi-year, ongoing collaboration of NFL players, clubs and owners to address racial inequality and social injustice, the Players Coalition...
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