All posts tagged "democratic values"

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Lateefah Simon to Speak at Elihu Harris Lecture Series

The popular lecture series is co-produced by the Oakland-based Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center and Peralta Community College District. Jeffries’ appearance marks the 32nd lecture of...

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Reflecting on his long career, Biden expressed deep gratitude and pride. “Nowhere else on earth could a kid with a stutter from modest...

COMMENTARY: With Extremism on the Rise in Republican Party, Kansas Voters Turn Out to Preserve Abortion Rights

After the Supreme Court’s hard-right majority overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-choice legislators have rushed to pass more extreme anti-abortion bills targeting health care workers and even...

OP-ED: Overturning Roe v. Wade Weakens Our Union

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Those seeking to deny basic rights rarely stop halfway. States are already proposing to legally sanction trips to other states for abortions. The...

COMMENTARY: State of the Union: Democracy Needs Defenders 

The president called on Congress to defend democracy at home by passing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, two voting...

Chauncey Bailey Way is the New Name for 14th St.in Downtown Oakland

Chauncey Bailey Jr. was an internationally renowned journalist whose death outraged fellow journalists and left an indelible mark on the Oakland community.

OP-ED: NAACP Urges Players and Sports Groups to Avoid Texas’ “Dangerous Attacks on Freedoms and Fair Access to Voting”

“When all else fails, we must look within and answer the call to protect the basic human rights and democratic values which are fundamental to this...