CHICAGO DEFENDER — Members of the Mayor Harold Washington Legacy Committee present a wreath at the former mayor’s gravesite at Oak Woods Cemetery (Photo Credit: Tacuma...
“Chief Osorio rose up through the ranks in the Richmond Fire Department over the last 21 years before being elevated to chief,” noted Harpreet Sandhu, field...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — HBCUs are far more accessible to students and more successful at moving students from the bottom 40% of a country's income distribution to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Childcare is work that supports all other work. Mothers, who do most of the caregiving, too often must choose between staying home or...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Biden’s two-page letter, which his campaign released, emphasized his resolve to stick with it and rally the party against the twice-impeached former President...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — More clean energy initiatives are needed and proposing them should remain a priority for the administration. That said, the new EPA policy rule on...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Much of Dr. Feagins’ first day of work has been well-documented on the MSCS website. In addition to a highlight reel of...
THE DRUM NEWSPAPER — “In this role-playing simulation, participants adopt the personas of fictitious decision-makers and stakeholders whose perspectives might be very different from their own. The ultimate...
DALLAS WEEKLY MAGAZINE — In true Texas fashion, where voter turnout has been and remains down-right abysmal, of the afore-boasted 17.9 million registered voters, only 3.2...
NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS — New York City has seen about 180,000 migrants and asylum seekers sent to the city over the last two years, according...
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao met with a group of concerned Bay Area residents at Manny’s, a civic event space in San Francisco, to discuss the most...
State authorities and elected officials around California are thanking 8,500 first responders for their combined efforts over the past weeks to save lives during severe storms...
Twice. That is how many times I have had to battle cancer. I still consider myself very fortunate, although surviving a disease that is expected to...
The report, “Closing the Racial Equity Gap: A Call to Action,” is a result of a series of Homeownership Solutions Summits held in Arizona, California, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Pan-Hellenic Council, which was established on May 10, 1930, has worked to bring the nation’s Divine Nine member organizations together to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE -— “Open discussion and debate will enable us to find solutions to the racial inequality that persists in the nation today,” said noted historian...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a prostate cancer survivor and member of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s (ACS CAN) Board of Directors, I believe that...
This year’s NAACP CA/HI State Convention theme is “This Is How We Thrive.” The convention will bring together elected officials, activists, organizers, faith leaders, and entertainers...
The Ethnic Media Conference Awards and Expo took place at the Kimpton-Sawyer Hotel in downtown Sacramento on Aug. 31. The event celebrated the work of journalists,...
On Sept. 9, elected officials, community leaders and concerned citizens took to the streets of Watts in South Los Angeles to march against gun violence in...
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond organized a virtual roundtable discussion titled “Education to End Hate: Countering Antisemitism” that brought together about 350 attendees, including...
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 — With the suspension of Worrell, said Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, DeSantis has pulled a veil over justice and imposed a reign...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Given the fact that today in America, Black Americans and other communities of color are being told to shut up, stay asleep, don’t...
Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, who represents Oakland District 4, is strongly opposed to the proposed increase in [Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s] salary by $75,000 per year, given...