To explore the historical significance of Cinco De Mayo, we step back to the origins of the commemoration, share how some Mexican American Californians regard it...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In communities across the country, families are striving to give their children a good start in life. They share a common desire for...
Ed Dwight is an artist and former U.S. Air Force test pilot who was America’s first African American astronaut candidate.
Another discussion will be a Mayor’s Roundtable, featuring African American mayors from Northern, Central, and Southern California. Regional perspectives on African American participation in the California...
Ladies In Red (LIR) is no stranger to “The Color Purple.” The LIR philanthropic organization was one of the first from the Bay Area to attend...
As world leaders presented their plans to combat rising global temperatures at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai from Nov. 30-Dec....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The festivities commenced on Friday and culminated in the grand crowning ceremony on Saturday night, where Myatt, a native of Detroit, expressed her...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Navy Federal approved a higher percentage of applications from white borrowers earning less than $62,000 annually than Black borrowers earning $140,000 or more....
The Biden administration has announced over $6 billion in funding for two separate high-speed rail projects that will whisk passengers from Southern to Northern California –...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Digital RICE will be a dynamic platform meticulously crafted to connect the community and provide comprehensive support for the growth and success of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The focus of the Supreme Court’s attention is an appellate ruling that reinstated a charge against three defendants accused of obstructing an official...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s invitational is sponsored by Events DC, FedEx, Sidwell Friends School, and more than 50 SportsMom Foundation individual donors. All funds raised...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The CDC estimates that 1.2 million people in America have HIV, and 1 in 8 carriers don’t know it. Although new infections have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Attendees echoed Lee’s sentiments, many of whom expressed how pleased Bill and Kathryn Lee, the late founders, would have been. “My father would...
Four years ago this month, Senate Bill (SB) 464, also known as the California’s Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act, was signed into law by Gov....
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists crossed the Israel-Gaza border and indiscriminately slaughtered Israeli civilians in their homes. They killed nearly 300 young people at a...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Tuesday led 18 of their colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris administration to develop and publicly announce a...
Several lifelong NAACP members, including Black Business Round Table host Doug Blacksher and civil rights attorney Walter Riley, held a press conference this week criticizing the...
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...
Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout WWII and especially D-Day in 1944, the Black Press dispatched reporters such as the New Journal and Guide’s John Q. ‘Rover’ Jordan,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Despite the United States touting itself as the bastion of freedom and equality, women in this country — despite comprising 50.8 percent of...