All posts tagged "oppression"

OPINION: Why the N-Word Should Be Eliminated from Schools: A Call to Educators, Parents and Students

The N-word’s use in schools, intentionally or otherwise, preserves a cycle of racial abuse, degradation, and discrimination which are violations to the dignity of African American...

OP-ED: Governor Abbott’s Voter Purge is Jim Crow 2.0—We Must Fight Back!

NNPA NEWSWIRE - "The truth is, this isn’t about illegal voting. It’s about power—maintaining it, consolidating it, and keeping it out of the hands of those...

OP-ED: Resurgence of Political Violence in America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Violence is nothing new in association with politics in America. What has become different, however, is how it is reported in the so-called...

COMMENTARY: Trump’s Secret Weapon: Stupidity

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our national myth is that America was settled by good white people who brought this land to its full potential through hard work...

Civil Rights Leaders 2024 Insights on Martin Luther King’s Courage

NNPA NEWSWIRE — NNPA President and CEO Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., also an SCLC youth coordinator alum back in the 1960s, concurred. “Dr. King...

OP-ED: “Kwanzaa, Freedom, Justice and Peace: Principles and Practices For A New World”

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kwanzaa was conceived and born in transformative struggles of the Black Freedom Movement. and was also shaped by that defining decade of fierce...

Harriet Jacobs: A Beacon of Resistance Against the Darkness of Slavery

Within the fabric of American history, certain narratives rise above the rest, illuminating the darkest corners of our past while shedding light on the indomitable spirit...

COMMENTARY: Finding Joy and Justice for Childbearing Black Moms

Black mothers are more likely to die due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth than pregnant women of all other races. This is a shameful injustice...

A Call for Self-Care for Restorers of Wellness

Where would our community be without the aid, guidance, and support of our treatment providers, practitioners, and restorers of wellness? Clinicians, counselors, doulas, midwives, medical doctors,...

What Happened to Journalism’s Racial Reckoning?

With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...

The Case Against SB357—Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked—Why Us?

Motivated to protect trans, Black and Hispanic people from persecution by police, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) sponsored the Safer Streets for All Act. Passed...

Proclamation Recognizing February 2023 as Black History Month

WHEREAS, through courage, perseverance, faith, and resolve against incredible prejudice and hardships, Black Americans have positively influenced, enriched, and advanced every aspect of American life; and...

New Assembly Bill Would Ban Use of Police Canines for Arrests, Crowd Control

Last week, Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson (D-Riverside) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 742, legislation that would prohibit the use of police canines for arrests, apprehensions and crowd...

Though Thousands of Miles Away, Tyre Nichols’ Death Affected Oaklanders

Like many other cities nationwide, Oakland was heavily impacted by Tyre Nichols’ death on January 10 in Memphis, Tenn., three days after being brutally beaten by...

Saluting California’s Native American Heritage: New Laws, “S-Word” Ban Lift Up Celebrations

Leaders of Native American tribes from across California, joined Governor Gavin Newsom when he signed AB 2022 and four other bills in an effort to build...

AI-Generated Rapper Controversy Spotlights the Need for More Blacks in Tech

While A.I. technology is making massive strides, it is still limited to processing massive amounts of data based on parameters set by the programmer, according to...

COMMENTARY: Critical Race Theory: An Academic Concept, Not a Threat to Children

CRT has become a catch-all for all topics regarding race, inequality, White privilege, and oppression. Opposition to the law graduate theory has been distorted into a...

COMMENTARY: Ageism Behind Smear of Sen. Dianne Feinstein

The more senior you are, the more power your state has. In the Senate, where every state, regardless of size, has two votes each, those two...

COMMENTARY: How History Will Be Made Again: Black History Month and the Supreme Court

It won’t be an easy time to be a justice committed to achieving justice for all. The court is now dominated by justices who are committed to a very different...

Dave Chappelle: ‘Am I Canceled or Not?’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Chappelle double-downed on his remarks from The Closer in which many in the LGBTQ community called homophobic. “I said what I said,” Chappelle...

Leader of Historic S.F. State University Strike, Jerry Varnado

Jerry Wayne Varnado, who passed away on Sept. 8, 2021, was a leader of the most successful and long-lasting student strike in the history of U.S....

Legislature to Gov. Newsom: Make Ethnic Studies a High School Graduation Pre-Requisite

Sponsored by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), AB 101 requires all public school districts and charter schools serving students in grades 9 through 12 to offer culturally...

Medical Professionals Call on Oakland School Leaders to Increase COVID-19 Protections for Children, Teachers and Families

The following letter was sent by medical professionals and community leaders on Aug. 9, 2021 to Oakland the Oakland Unified School District Superintendent and school board...

Black August Celebration by Prisoner Justice Groups at Bobby Hutton Park on Aug. 21

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) in partnership with the grassroots group All of Us or None, will commemorate Black August at Lil' Bobby Hutton...