Special to The OBSERVER - St. HOPE Public School 7 in Oak Park has been transformed into a state-of-the-art learning ...

The California High-Speed Rail project has allocated $96 million to 47 African American-owned firms, created 15,600 jobs, and ...

Adjoa Jones, a Los Angeles-based health and community leader, shared two stories of Black women who died after giving birth ...

The California Commission on the State of Hate held a virtual forum to discuss the importance of bridge-building, dialogue ...

OBSERVER Staff Writer - The Sacramento City Council has added the New Helvetia Historic District and 12 other properties once ...

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced mounting criticism ...

Portia M. Wood, an estate attorney, decided to move to Portugal with her young son in June 2024, due to the political and ...

Black, all-volunteer regiment that fought with distinction in World War I, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor, for their bravery and heroism.

Mass incarceration in the United States has resulted in African Americans being incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites, and the imprisonment rate for African American women is twice that ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still grappling with the effects of the disaster, as the city's Black population has declined, rents have skyrocketed, and inequality has widened.

The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act is a project of wealth consolidation that exacerbates racial disparity, ignores the impact of structural racism, and cuts opportunity for the majority of Americans ...

Florida has become the first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates, raising concerns about potential outbreaks of preventable diseases and deepening existing racial health inequities.