By Godfrey Lee Ida Times-Green, a resident of Marin City, is running for California State Assembly District 12 of California in the upcoming June 7 election....
SoCal Group Holds Black-Themed Commencement, Presents Scholarships for Local High School Grads By Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media This past weekend in the Inland Empire,...
By David Lapari Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park is holding a celebratory Juneteenth event on Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In partnership,...
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 James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. | Houston Forward Times Sometimes we come to conclusions too quickly. We want things so badly that we think we...
By Keisha N. Brown After more than a decade of inaction and a citizens’ petition lawsuit brought by the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC)...
By Ben Jealous Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing majority on the...
From May 4-6, 2022, hundreds of well-wishers came to celebrate with the senior pastor of Acts-Full Gospel Church of God in Christ, Bishop Robert (Bob) L....
By Brandon Patterson White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre will make history this May 13 when she assumes the role of White House press secretary, becoming the...
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...
By Tamara Shiloh It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950) decided to pursue medicine....
By Daisha Williams, The Oakland Post Since late 2020, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been at the center of furious controversies. Despite all the heated arguments,...
By Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor, The Oakland Post The late Fannie Lou Hamer said, “If I am truly free, who can tell me how much...
Black Mental Health pt. 2 By Tanya Dennis With the global COVID-19 pandemic, we knew the world would never be the same. For some, COVID-19 has provided...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr., California Black Media On June 7, California will conduct a primary election — the first opportunity for voters to elect candidates...
On Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m., Four Seasons Arts will honor Founder Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams with a piano recital by Dr. Rochelle Sennet. The...
Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor Mother’s Day is a very special day in all communities. It’s that time of year when the sale of Hallmark cards...
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...
By Makiah Hiley A decade after the Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) opened class enrollment it is putting on its first all-Black theater production, Every...
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....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — On the 54th anniversary of King’s death, observances took place around the nation, while those not attending specific events took to social media...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The tour’s first stop was the now dilapidated, overgrown-with-vines Bryant’s Grocery, on Money Road, in Greenwood, Miss., where 14-year-old Emmett Till of Chicago...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The New Farmers of America (NFA) began as a national organization for African-American farm youth in 1935 to promote agricultural leadership, character, thrift,...
SAN DIEGO VOICE AND VIEWPOINT — Much like the United States, South Africa was shaped by more than three centuries of colonialism, slavery, violent racial conflicts...
ATLANTA VOICE — In the wake of Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a speech urging voting rights legislation get passed. Hear the reaction of...
