By Carla Thomas The plea to save a 118-year-old historic church was answered when local pastors and the offices of elected officials joined together on Monday morning...
“We were elected to end a harmful era of unjust school closures and mergers carried out in Oakland’s Black and Brown communities” On March 1, 2023,...
Pastors and elected officials join Pastor Sylvester Rutledge of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to pray, support and present checks for the Alameda County...
By Carla Thomas FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd,...
By Sandra Varner The family of the late Fremont Police Captain Fred “Freddie” Bobbitt filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the Alameda County Superior Court against...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Biden and Congressional Democrats are engineering a Great Recovery of, for and by the American People. From day one, we have focused...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA received orders for more than 2,000 tickets for the Leadership Awards Reception and ceremony. Students from the Duke Ellington School of...
People Are Liberating Public Spaces to Fight the Criminalization of Poverty By Cat Brooks How many times have you walked by an unhoused neighbor and told...
By Rev Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland Last week, as the Pastors of Oakland and the NAACP held a prayer vigil seeking proactive...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget trailer bill approving $5 million in funding to the California State...
By Greg Hodge Voters in a democracy should always get the final say. A recent poll indicates that 76% of those asked believed that the voters...
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media A little over a week ago, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) handed down a 6-to-3 decision making it more...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), created under the historic bipartisan infrastructure bill, has allowed Comcast to offer free and discounted internet service to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hosted by Dallas businessman Willis Johnson of JBJ Management, Lightfoot, who is an attorney serving her first term as the 56th mayor of...
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)...
Alameda County’s Santa Rita jail, run by Sheriff Gregory Ahern, has been the target of multiple lawsuits over jail conditions and has had the most in-custody...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Using data and analysis from research partner, The Brennan Center for Justice, the Urban League noted that this year’s edition of The State...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Domestically, President Biden called on the Senate to pass voting rights legislation. “Tonight, I call on the Senate to pass the Freedom to...
SAN DIEGO VOICE AND VIEWPOINT — Dr. Warren interviewed the Councilmember on the upcoming changes coming to his district, including the building of affordable housing, the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Heisman Trust fulfills its mission by providing funding for youth development programs. These programs are vetted and funded through partnerships with the...
OAKLAND POST — Across the nation, over 400 bills have been introduced suppressing the right to vote — from reducing polling hours and locations to allowing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s recipients include elected officials, an Olympic champion, and two of America’s foremost physicians. While their career paths may be varied, one cannot...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly six decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists led the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is, therefore, a reaffirmation of my faith in the oneness of God and the oneness of humanity that I must join to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I don’t think that more than 400,000 people dead is normal. The inability to formally mourn our departed loved ones isn’t normal. Crazy...
