United Travel Credits Giving HBCU Golf Programs Wings

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Wednesday, some 23 years later, and on her 41st birthday, no less, Levister was at Memorial Park Golf Course to watch three...

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Inland Empire Health Officials Warn of Increased Cases of RSV in Children

Last Updated on November 15, 2022 by BVN Breanna Reeves | State and local health officials have issued health advisories as cases of respiratory syncytial virus...

Walter Lincoln Hawkins, A Modern-Day Inventor

By Tamara Shiloh During his early years, Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911–1992) would disassemble and then reassemble several toys to create new ones. He built spring-driven toy...

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

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland), the only Native American elected official in the California Legislature, has been working diligently...

COMMENTARY: The Fight to Save Affirmative Action for All of Us

By Emil Guillermo Don’t think for a second that Asian Americans are rooting to end affirmative action. You might get that impression as the Supreme Court...

Oakland Jehovah’s Witnesses Return to Door-to-Door Ministry After 30-Month Pandemic Pause

By Alan Mobley Jehovah’s Witnesses resumed their trademark door-to-door ministry after a two-and-a-half-year suspension, just in time for their September launch of a global campaign featuring...

COMMENTARY: The Vote to Deny the Deniers

By Emil Guillermo Congressional elections remind us why we live where we live. At least in the Bay Area. California, a safe Blue zone for the...

Philippa Duke Schuyler: Pianist Received National Prominence at Young Age

By Tamara Shiloh African American author and journalist George Schuyler and white artist and journalist Josephine Cogdell’s marriage was dubbed “the most celebrated interracial marriage of...

California ’22 Mid-Term: Historic Wave of Black Candidates Set to Win Election

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media A wave of Black candidates in California are expected to win after Tuesday’s general election. Among them are...

COMMENTARY: Tell the Supreme Court: We Still Need Affirmative Action

By Ben Jealous One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania,...

San Rafael Elks Club Presents Documentary Film on Child Sex-Trafficking

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Thanks Voters for Re-Election

By Sean Ryan Congresswoman Barbara Lee released a statement Tuesday night thanking the voters of California’s newly drawn 12th Congressional District for re-electing her to the...

November 15 | Our Culture, Our World | The Conversation with Al McFarlane

Join Al McFarlane and Brenda Lyle-Gray for “Our Culture, Our World.” This is a weekly dive into music, arts, lifestyle,

Gov. Newsom Won’t Support Mandatory Kindergarten

By Edward Henderson | California Black Media Last week, the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom released a list of bills from the current legislative session that...

First Time Homebuyer Education Workshop

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Candidates Against School Closures Poised to Win School Board Elections

By Ken Epstein Oakland school board candidates seeking to halt the annual ritual of closing neighborhood schools and years of cutting budgets for classroom programs are...

Loren Taylor, Sheng Thao in Front to Become Mayor of Oakland, 70,000 Votes Left to Count

Progressive/Liberal Coalition Leads in City Council Races Results for District Attorney, Board of Supervisors and State Assembly Contests By Ken Epstein With thousands of votes remaining...

City Administration Proposes $260 Million Grab for Howard Terminal

By Post Staff Community advocates and organizations are calling on members of the public to show up Monday morning at a Special Public Works Committee hearing...

Sacramento Civil Rights Group Accepts Boon from Billionaire

By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media In October, the Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL) received its biggest donation in the civil rights organization’s 54-year history....

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Chuck D on Death of Takeoff: ‘When Corporations Show Up God Leaves the Room’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I don’t blame the youth. You’ve got to blame some adults hiding behind the scenes, pied piping and pied papering all of this...