By Gregory Hodge As a mayoral candidate, I want to see Department of Violence Prevention’s (DVP) current budget of $28M doubled to $56M. That would allow...
By Thomas Hughes, BCN Foundation A bill to allow California jurors to be reimbursed for using public transportation was signed into law Sept. 15 by Gov....
By Rev Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland Last week, as the Pastors of Oakland and the NAACP held a prayer vigil seeking proactive...
By Bay City News A former San Quentin State Prison guard and two others pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to charges in a scheme to smuggle cellphones...
By Rev. Jim Hopkins, ICAC Co-Founding Board Member and Rev. Ken Chambers, ICAC Founding President The headline in the September 20, 2022, East Bay Times read,...
Hundreds of thousands of individuals locked up in jails almost daily — many find it challenging to pay bail By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior...
By Ben Jealous Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At Operation New Hope (ONH), we understand that people returning from incarceration face a multitude of barriers, with employment, transportation, and housing being...
THE BURTON WIRE — Favre is accused of conspiring with Mississippi’s ex-Governor Phil Bryant to defraud the government to pay for a volleyball stadium built for...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The 17-year-old pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury for fatally stabbing Zachary Brooks, 37, who authorities admitted raped her multiple times...
By Tamara Shiloh It was the spring of 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were preparing to launch a campaign...
By Ben Jealous A New Mexico judge has done the country a big favor. Judge Francis Mathew upheld a little-known provision of the U.S. Constitution and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year, Southern Poverty Law Center’s March report, “The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021,” revealed that hate and anti-government extremism have gone...
By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media One hundred and ten African Americans died or suffered serious bodily injury during encounters with law enforcement officers in...
By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media On the last night of this year’s legislative session last week, the State Assembly rejected Senate Bill (SB) 918,...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin said Birmingham police are working fervently to provide justice for families devastated by this sudden loss “but...
By Manny Otiko, California Black Media After Brandon N. Smith was imprisoned for the ninth time, he found himself at a crossroads. That’s when he learned...
WESTSIDE GAZETTE — The bleeding man was crying out, but the man standing over him aimed his gun down at the man on the floor and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The in-depth analysis of the juvenile justice system’s unequal and limited use of diversion from court involvement, particularly for Black youth, found that...
By Tanya Dennis The release last month of Alameda County’s Grand Jury report charging deficiencies in the Alameda County Probate Court system has set off a...
From Paul L. Cobb, Publisher The Post will make free editorial space available for any candidate running for Mayor, City Council, School Board and the Alameda...
By Tanya Dennis On June 6th, the Alameda County Grand Jury released a report regarding deficiencies of probate Court including recommendations to correct deficiencies. Probate advocates...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media On June 13, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law an ordinance restricting the sale of menthol cigarettes...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It may be hard for many people to believe just how extreme Trump’s movement and his political supporters have become, and just how...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The two abductees were found at a military medical facility. The 276 girls were abducted from their school dormitories April 14, 2014 by...
