CHICAGO DEFENDER — The State of Illinois is seeking support for recovery efforts in northern Illinois following flash flooding in Cook and Will counties. On June 26,...
OAKLAND POST — Oakland’s Department of Public Works (DPW) and Police Department followed Mayor Libby Schaaf’s city administration’s orders on Tuesday to evict about two dozen homeless...
OAKLAND POST — Presidential candidate Julian Castro visited Oakland on Wednesday Sept. 25. Hosted by Councilman Noel Gallo, Castro was provided a tour of the Fruitvale...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Chairman Carrie Zalewski today announced the release of a Citizen’s Guide on the ICC website to help the public...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With the Frayser Exchange Club meeting as the setting, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on Thursday pitched his plan to fight poverty...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In the course of last year, the US government has been steadily and qualitatively increasing its hostile actions and blockade against Cuba. It...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The city of Birmingham was selected as one of five American cities to replicate Providence Talks, a free, citywide early childhood program that...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — For more than a decade, economists, lawmakers and others have heralded the nation’s economy. Often citing how unemployment has declined as new jobs have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “An impeachment process is a viable option for the current House of Representatives given that the hearings will force several people in or...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Vast segments of the psychiatric community, including the editorial staff of Psychology Today, and the eminent Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee, have expounded on...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — National Preparedness Month is recognized each September as a way to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) has been awarded a $3.7 million grant aimed at giving job training and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The conclusions are clear: Black Americans face a greater risk of being victims of gun violence compared to their peers. The only question...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Obama administration has become a part of history but its signature social initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” has continued in the District and Mayor...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — The Executive Director of the Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB), Ghassan Korban believes it’s time for the citizens of New...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 534, authored by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena). This bill expands current definitions in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During the intimate video-taped interview inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the two visionaries also tackled topics that ranged...
OAKLAND POST — After years of escalating and brutal displacement driving millions of Californians into poverty or homelessness, today, the California legislature this week passed Assembly...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — According to a 2018 study by the Illinois State Board of Education, in over 500 of Illinois’ 898 school districts, new teachers with a...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Since the Democrats took control of the U.S. House last November, their efforts to restore the Voting Rights Act (VRA) — gutted by...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles Board of Public Works today approved changes to a policy that would require people to obtain permits for planters, railings,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Our Annual Legislative Conference is a gathering to develop solutions to the challenges facing black communities around the world through issues forums, brain...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways will award millions in 2019 Invest in Cook Multi-Modal Transportation Project funding for 98 projects...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles City Council unanimously confirmed Martin L. Adams as Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) General Manager and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Under the Trump Administration, a consistent and focused deregulation effort has been underway to turn CFPB into a toothless tiger. It’s almost as...
