NCBW Holds 25th Annual Madam CJ Walker Recognition Luncheon

By Carla Thomas The atmosphere was fully charged at the 25th annual Madam C.J. Walker Business and Community Recognition Luncheon and Empowerment Forum held by the...

Choreographer, Poet, Playwright Robert Henry Johnson, 54

By Zoe Jung Robert Henry Johnson, a Bay Area dancer, choreographer, and playwright, passed away on Dec. 16, 2022. His body was identified in March. Johnson...

Tech Founder Killed in Stabbing Early Tuesday

By Bay City News The founder of a widely used money transfer application was stabbed to death in San Francisco early Tuesday morning. Bob Lee, 43,...

Kamala Harris Leads Tennessee Rally, Backs Ousted Lawmakers

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Harris received wild applause and several standing ovations as she told a crowd at Nashville’s historically Black Fisk University that the so-called...

Supes Unanimously Call for Affordable Internet Services for City’s Seniors, People With Disabilities

By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is asking internet service providers to make internet connections affordable for seniors and people...

Reparations: Experts Compute Hundreds of Billions Owed to Black Californians

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas...

Officials, Community Show Up to Celebrate Distinguished Honorees for the 14th Annual Powerful Women of the Bay Awards Luncheon

In Celebration of Women’s History Month The 14th Annual Powerful Women of the Bay Awards Luncheon in recognition of Women’s History Month was held on March...

Sen. Padilla, Rep. Ruiz Push for National Park Named for César E. Chávez

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25) last week introduced bicameral legislation to create the “César...

Oakland Museum of California to Feature Works of NIAD Artists

By Kathy Chouteau Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is partnering with Richmond’s NIAD Art Center and other Bay Area organizations serving artists with developmental disabilities to...

Harvard: Hoax Leads to Four Black Students Being ‘Swatted’ by Police

THE BURTON WIRE — According to reports, the Harvard University police received a false 911 call stating there was an armed person in the suite early...

California Black Media News Roundup

By Tanu Henry California Black Media Report: Black Students Among Students with Highest Absenteeism Rates The Public Policy Institute of California is reporting that absenteeism is...

After Judge’s Gig Worker Ruling, Advocates Want Protections for Contract Nurses, Too

By Edward Henderson California Black Media McKenzie Young is a traveling nurse from California who works in Hawaii. She gets placements through an agency that connects...

PRESS ROOM: Edwige Robinson, SVP at T-Mobile Joins Forbes Technology Council

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As an accepted member of the Council, Edwige Robinson, Senior Vice President of Network Engineering & Operations and Transformation of the Central Region at T-Mobile...

A conversation with Dr. Ron Daniels, president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century

Conversation with GIZ the Go-Go Musical

Frederick Douglas Reese, Civil Rights Icon

By Tamara Shiloh Throughout Selma, Ala., there are streets named Frederick D. Reese Parkway and F.D. Reese. In March of each year, the city hosts F.D....

The Struggle Dr. King Gave His Life For

By Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com) – This week in 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated leading a bold effort to teach America an urgent...

Hundreds Still in Emergency Shelters as State Waits on Federal Storm Disaster Declaration Request

By Eli Walsh Bay City News More than 300 residents in Santa Cruz County remained in emergency shelters on Monday due to recent storm damage as...

Federal Judge Refuses to Suspend Injunction Against Encampment Sweeps

By Joe Dworetzky Bay City News Citing a misguided legal maneuver by city attorneys, a federal magistrate judge late Monday denied a motion by the city...

‘Extremely Disturbing’: City Audit Reveals Mayor’s Office of Housing Has $482 Mil in Unspent Funds

By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News A San Francisco supervisor is calling for a hearing to find solutions to problems within the city’s affordable housing production...

Bill Would Give Tk Teachers 2 More Years To Take Early Childhood Education Classes

By Diana Lambert EdSource California teachers could get a last-minute reprieve from a law that requires them to take additional courses to teach transitional kindergarten. Assembly...

Nashville Residents Protest Gun Violence; 3 Democratic Lawmakers Faced with Expulsion

ATLANTA TRIBUNE — GOP lawmakers filed three resolutions Monday, one each seeking the expulsion of Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin...

AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Season 15 Now Streaming

THE BURTON WIRE — The documentary explores Jones’s masterpiece about the AIDS crisis, created during the height of the health emergency that saw his dance company...

Rep. Pearson and ‘Tennessee Three’ Drawing Support

TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Deidre Malone, president of the National Women’s Political Caucus Tennessee, noted that Johnson is the group’s past president. “These three advocated for gun...

Kareem Jabbar Brings Books to Oakland and Tech Champs

Oakland Tech’s Girls Basketball team and the Oakland High Boys team received major support and recognition for being on top of California’s High School sports world...