NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This was not an ‘error,’ this was a hate crime. You don’t shoot a child in the head because he rang your doorbell....
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic trip to Africa continued with the launch of global initiatives on...
By Barrington M. Salmon NNPA Newswire Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress...
By Post Staff Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who’s also running for the United States Senate seat presently held by Dianne Feinstein, blasted the Tennessee House Republicans...
Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson became the 57th mayor of Chicago Tuesday night when he defeated fellow Democrat Paul Vallas in a run-off election. Johnson garnered...
By Thomas Peele, Emma Gallegos and Daniel J. Willis EdSource As heavy storms keep pounding California with torrential rains and a record Sierra snowpack is poised...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Representatives Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), Justin Jones (D-Nashville), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) took to the Tennessee House floor to stand in solidarity with school...
By Kristen Hwang CalMatters For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this...
By Megan Tagami CalMatters California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The shooter, who police believe had a connection to the bank, is dead, and authorities are working to establish the motive behind the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The expulsion of the two Democrats, who vociferously called on their colleagues to act on gun control after the latest school shooting in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
