By Tanu Henry, California Black Media Since 2017, there has been a 9.8% increase of new small businesses — firms with less than 500 employees —...
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media “I really don’t understand how the price of gas can rise so drastically in California,” said a Black woman and...
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media There are 12 Black Republicans running in statewide races across California this election year. Come June 7, when the primaries are...
LaNeice Jones LaNiece Jones, Special to the Post News Group California’s severe housing shortage — and the lack of available housing the average family can afford...
Oakland Ballpark Project Part 3 By Tanya Dennis Oakland A’s President David Kaval was surprised to learn that concerns expressed by the original designers of the...
By Ken Epstein In a show of growing strength, Oakland teachers and longshore workers held simultaneous one-day strikes and rallies together on April 29 to stop...
L.A. FOCUS — Black households experienced the steepest declines in affordable neighborhoods in the years preceding the pandemic. Between 2013 and 2019 — even as the...
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media Non-profit organizations across California will be able to apply for funding from a pool of cash created with an initial...
By Post Staff A group of distinguished individuals joined the Small Business Association (SBA) and PayPal for a round-table discussion with California business leaders on small...
Special to The Post At the May 3 special meeting of the Oakland City Council, members approved a resolution introduced by Councilmember Carroll Fife directing the...
By Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media Last week, the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, San Bernardino County Workforce Development Board, and the Riverside County...
By Rebecca Kaplan California is facing a housing crisis with housing costs exceeding growth in wages, and inadequate housing supply, particularly for low-income households. In California,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Administration officials said the declaration is part of a “response to a rising trend of digital authoritarianism, including Russia’s actions to block credible...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2022, Russia has decimated Ukraine and left 40 million people without water, food, heat, and a place to sleep. As Ukraine and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At minimum, 41 prominent individuals connected to Harvard University were connected to slavery. This includes four past presidents of Harvard University. The report...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because the midterm elections are occurring two years after the last CENSUS count, redistricting is still being decided in several states. Harrison is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — My role in Congress is to advocate for my constituents, and I am pleased that one of the best means to fulfill that...
By Makiah Hiley Known as “the hood alchemist,” Lilly Ayers founded and runs Oakland’s first Black woman owned crystal botanica, Queen Hippie Gypsy. Located in Downtown...
A Fruitvale District Job Fair will be held Thursday, May 5, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Fruitvale Transit Village. Aliza Gallo, of Strong Native Workforce and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Because you really work very hard for your money and unfortunately, the middle class gets hit the most when it comes to taxation,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The budget contains about $1 billion in additional assistance for Ukraine and $6.9 billion for the European Defense Initiative, NATO, and countering Russian...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the personal finance website Smart Asset, Virginia Beach also has the seventh-highest median Black household income, at roughly $65,600, and the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The agency noted a “historically low level of funding,” which has resulted in operations not being equipped to provide adequate service. Officials at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On June 12, the community is invited out to an AfroNoon celebration at White Park in downtown Riverside at Market and 9th Street....