In a significant moment for the labor movement, Roxanne Brown, set to become the first African American woman elected as President of the United Steelworkers (USW),...
By Fred Redmond This Saturday marks one month of the federal government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers—nearly 20% of whom are Black and...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Republicans need five Democratic senators to vote for the House-passed continuing resolution, which makes drastic cuts to health care. Jefferies vows Democrats will...
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer The country just celebrated Labor Day and the contributions working people and unions have made toward a more...
by The Rev. Terrence L. Melvin, President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Labor Day 2025 seems like a good time to ask a long...
by The Rev. Terrence L. Melvin, President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Labor Day 2025 seems like a good time to ask a long...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American in the history of the American labor movement,...
During Trump’s address to Congress in January, State of the People organizers, activists and journalists stood up a 24 -hour streaming channel. As the Senate and...
Today, we are coming together to do all we can to make sure Barbara Lee is elected Mayor in the April 15 Oakland special election. Here’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During the joint Press Conference with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night, Trump expressed that he wants to turn this valuable property,...
In a statement to the media, Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins said, “I want to thank the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for prioritizing the health...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Union jobs have long provided economic stability for Black workers, supplying decent wages and comprehensive benefits in communities where secure job opportunities are...
Anyka Howard, founder of the Betti Ono Foundation and visionary of Black Tulip, expressed the core value of the movement and urgent need for change. “We’re...
A new study from Harvard Kennedy School and the University of California, San Francisco, says that California’s $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers has led...
The City of Oakland and the African American Sports & Entertainment Group (AASEG) have signed an amended Purchase and Sale Agreement for the City’s half of...
California community leaders denounced the comments of San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan regarding Proposition 36, demanding that he disavows his “woefully ignorant” statements in a recent...
Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general as part of a nationwide effort to protect the equal rights of pregnant women in...
California has the largest state economy in the United States with a nominal Gross domestic product (GDP) of approximately $3.9 million in 2023, reported the U.S....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The D.C. crime bill and so many others like it are reminiscent of the ‘94 crime bill, which produced new and harsher criminal...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.1 percent. All employees' average workweek increased by 0.1 hours to 34.3...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How poetic is it that the first woman, the first Black American, and first Asian American to be elected vice president of this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — These posters sent a message to Black veterans that they need not apply — that these life-changing programs were not meant for them....
Oakland Police Department, also a part of the advisory council, shared that in partnership with the FBI, they completed 26 critical investigations where 14 minors were...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The United States is the only member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that does not require workplaces to provide paid family...
The Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee on Sept. 12 at 1:30 p.m. will discuss a resolution authorizing an Agreement with Oakland Roots...
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