This trip is a collaboration between the NAACP and the Mormon Church Forty-three students are in Ghana for 10 days to experience Ghanaian culture, learn about...
By Paul Cobb, Post News Group Publisher Bill Russell, the center of attention in professional basketball, died at 88 after becoming the most decorated athlete in...
Night Out for Safety and Liberation Events Held in More Than 50 Communities Across the Country Photos courtesy of Ella Baker Center, photography by Brooke Anderson...
By Kitty Epstein For decades Black people in Oakland have obtained 9% or less of the work hours on publicly funded construction projects. So…for jobs that...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP convention in Atlantic City on Monday, July 18,...
By Tanya Dennis The Anti Police-Terror Project was formed by a hodge-podge of organizations led by community activist Tur-Ha Ak; nurse, Asantewaa Boykin; poet, Michael Walker,...
By Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media On July 16, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline officially became the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The service...
From Black Doctor.org Getting into medical school is no small feat, but imagine doing it at just 13 years old. While most 13-year-olds are heading to high...
Courtesy of Marin County A new phone number for behavioral health crisis needs will soon launch nationwide. Instead of dialing 911, people should call 988 to...
By Uche J. Uwahemu Liberian presidential candidate attorney Tiawan Saye Gongloe is making a tour of the United States to gather support for his vision of...
By Daisha Williams Girls Inc., a national nonprofit with a branch in downtown Oakland, hosted Bay Area girls in a program to help them navigate crucial...
By Tamara Shiloh Cornelius Vanderbilt, a steamship owner, sat in the dining room of Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a high-end restaurant that catered...
By Emil Guillermo I confess to being a Raiders fan from a very early age. Even though I was born and raised in San Francisco, as...
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media The office of California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Webber has qualified seven ballot initiatives for the November 8...
By Ben Jealous George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings...
By Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council this week unanimously passed a resolution celebrating Mills College as the oldest women’s undergraduate college in the West and...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Gov.Gavin Newsom has appointed Joe Stephenshaw as director of the California Department of Finance (DOF), filling the position held by Keely Martin Bosler...
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 Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor We are living in a world where controversial, complex issues, disagreements, debates, misunderstandings are looming large. There are controversies on...
By Bay City News The results are in: People in Marin County were ready to have fun at the fair after taking a two-year hiatus due...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Activists supporting legislation that would have ended involuntary servitude in California prisons and eliminate the word “slavery” from California’s...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media A report released by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) last month revealed that hate crimes targeting Black people...
By Emil Guillermo That James Webb Telescope is so amazing. NASA pointed it into the darkness of space, and suddenly saw the truth—-stars and galaxies we...
By Tamara Shiloh The state of California joined the Union in 1850 as a free state. But after spending five years enslaved there, Bridget “Biddy” Mason...
By Makiah Hiley With the Supreme Court’s recent overturn of Roe v. Wade making abortions illegal in 19 U.S. states, one of the main observations is...
