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Black Micro-Schools Deserve Recognition: NABML Creates National Standards and Resources
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE: Black families are the fastest-growing demographic in alternative education. Discover how the National Association of Black Micro School…
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Grief, Advocacy, and Education: A Counselor Reflects on Black Maternal Health
SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT — Last month healthcare leaders, birth workers, and community members gathered to honor the legacy…
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Opinion: Can Donald Trump Pole Dance?
Given all that is happening, if the presidency was more like pole dancing, you know Trump would be flat on…
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Tobacco Industry Accountability Is Ending — But the Harm Isn’t
The U.S. tobacco industry will no longer be required to publicly admit its wrongdoing, but the fight for health equity…
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Seed and soil: How federal funding impacts scientific growth
Dear Editor: In the field of cancer research, the seed and soil theory states that for cancer to successfully spread, both the…
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Marilyn Mosby
For more than a year, I’ve been involved in working with Baltimore’s former State’s Atty., Marilyn Mosby, who has spent…
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The Big Ugly Bill would deny ordinary Americans
“Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trump’s contempt for the courts into law — gutting judicial enforcement, defying the Constitution,…
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Newsom’s message to Trump administration on California power grab is clear
For months, Pres. Donald Trump and his allies have used California as a political punching bag. But Gov. Gavin Newsom,…
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Can you still make it in LA?
On a warm Wednesday in early June, Jaylen parks behind his building in West Adams and stares at a $73…
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Landsman pushes for ban on stock trading in Congress to rebuild trust
By Greg Landsman, U.S. Rep (Ohio 1) My wife and I just sold every single one of our individual stocks.…
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Op-Ed: Why Black Fathers Like Me Must Speak Up About Autism
Being “Dad” to my daughter Amari, who was diagnosed with autism, changed everything. In the Black community, silence around disability…
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Op-Ed: Bigoted MAGA Republican Wants To Deport NYC Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani, Calling Him ‘Little Muhamaad’
White conservatives have often claimed they’re fine with immigrants so long as they come to the U.S. “the right way,”…
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OP-ED: “Put Some Respect on Our Name”—The NNPA Built This.
When Joy Reid called NABJ the “lone” trade group for the Black Press, it hit wrong. The NNPA has been…
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OPINION: California’s Legislature Has the Wrong Prescription for the Affordability Crisis — Gov. Newsom’s Plan Hits the Mark
Last month, Gov. Newsom included measures in his budget that would encourage greater transparency, accountability, and affordability across the prescription…
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OPINION: Supreme Court Case Highlights Clash Between Parental Rights and Progressive Indoctrination
At the center of this controversy are some parents from Montgomery County in Maryland, who assert a fundamental principle: the…
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Oakland Post Endorses Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee will be able to unify the city around Oakland’s critical budget and financial issues, since she will walk…
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Actor, Philanthropist Blair Underwood Visits Bay Area, Kicks Off Literacy Program in ‘New Oakland’ Initiative
These community activations were coordinated with the San Francisco-based non-profit program “Room to Read.” Ray said he is also donating…
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Councilmembers Ramachandran, Kaplan, Unger Identify Funds to Save Oakland Fire Stations
Our budget crisis – one of the worst in Oakland’s history – is compounded by the fact that people do…
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COMMENTARY: Let’s Go to The Doctor. Obesity and Weight Management for Men
Obesity is a chronic disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity affects 42.8% of middle-aged…
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OPINION: Politics, Football and Identity in Trump’s America
If you haven’t noticed, all Americans are engaged in an even bigger game that means so much more than the…
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How a 40-Year PG&E orker Became a Safety Pioneer
Clifton also received the 33rd John A. Britton Gold Medal Award for rescuing a family from a burning home and started…
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OP-ED: Like Physicians, U.S. Health Institutions Must ‘First, Do No Harm’
Coupled with their lack of government and healthcare-related experience, we are concerned these nominees will significantly undermine public health, increase…
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COMMENTARY: My Sunday School Lesson with President Jimmy Carter
When I saw him, Carter was spry, quick-witted, and kind. The former president wore a bolo string tie anchored by…
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In 1974, Then-Gov. Jimmy Carter Visited the Home of Oakland Black Black Political Activist Virtual Murrell While Running for President
civil rights icon Georgia State Representative Julian Bond said that Carter, along with governors Reuben Askew of Florida, Dale Bumpers…
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