(NNPA) - In the worlds of publishing and fashion, the names John H. Johnson and Eunice Walker Johnson will forever hold a place of distinction.  In the 1940s, long before the Black consciousness movement of the modern civil rights era, this dynamic C...

Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspapers (NNPA)  -  Legendary R & B singer and songwriter Teddy Pendergrass, popular for his classic R&B hits “Turn Off the Lights” and “Love T.K.O,” died Jan. 13 at the Bryn Mawr Hos...

The news coming out of Haiti is bittersweet as the lack of any reliable way to get information is causing anxiety for islanders’ brethren in Pasadena.Faith sustains the Mauvais family as they helplessly watch the earthquake ...

Saturday, Jan. 23 A community celebration Saturday, January 23 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. will mark the grand re-opening of Robinson Park, 1081 N. Fair Oaks Aveue in Pasadena. ...

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - In March, many of the estimated 145 million households who receive the Census Bureau's shortened questionnaire for the nation's decennial headcount may be full of raised eyebrows when they get to Question 9, which asks about a person's...

In my last column, I focused on the first purpose of an Advance Health Care Directive, that of appointing an agent to make medical decisions for you when you are unable to make medical decisions for yourself. In this column I will focus on the second purp...

Spring Term Classes Begin on January 19, 2010 Art Center at Night (ACN), the continuing studies program at Art Center College of Design, offers nearly 200 innovative courses in art and design. Its award-winning instructors, many of whom are also Art Cent...

City of Pasadena television programming, seen on channel 55 for more than two decades, is moving to channel 3 on the Charter Communications cable television system beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12.KPAS is the home of Pasadena City Council meetings and many othe...

The State of the State: Special Guest Speaker Assemblymember Anthony Portantino NATHA invites everyone to join us in our first annual Community Town Hall and Open House 2010. It will provide residents with an opportunity to meet their neighbors, to find ...

Pastor Milton R. Butler of Deliverance Christian Church has stepped down as pastor and is currently serving as Pastor Emeritus of Deliverance Christian Church.  Pastor Butler, a dedicated man of God, devoted husband, father, grandfather, godfather, a...

1994, Jawanza Kunjufu, in his work Adam! Where Are You?: Why Most Black Men Don’t Go to Church (African American Images Publishers), raised a number of issues concerning the dearth of Black male attendance at church services across the country. In light...

Pete Carroll has left The Trojan Nation to take a more lucrative position as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football league. Many loyal Trojan fans are distraught, and they are very concerned about the future of the football team. ...

The following is a response to an article in Black Voices: “Rev. Jesse Jackson protests home foreclosures and Church’s problems with mortgage lenders.” I said to a group of pastors years ago that they should have a business directory for their membe...

Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to a dream of equality.  He dreamed of a day when “little black boys and black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”Although Dr. King is no lon...

National Service Agency Calls for a “Day On, Not a Day Off” Washington, DC— With the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service just days away, the Corporation for National and Community Service is urging Americans to honor Dr. King’s memory and furth...

Guilt by association is foreign to our country's legal traditions. Individuals are responsible for their own actions, not for the actions of their friends or associates. Nevertheless, in bringing 21 defendants (But Not Limited To does 1 - 200)  of th...

(NNPA) - For 13 years, Ed Jackson has been steeped in a struggle to make a dream come true. He is chief architect for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the Northeast side of the Tidal Basin lining up with the Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson memo...

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - On Nov. 3, 2008, an important telephone conference was held in Black America. That was the day that then candidate Barack Obama, on the eve of his historic election to the presidency, promised African-American leaders and representativ...

My last column addressed the usefulness of a Power of Attorney when a person becomes disabled. A Power of Attorney allows you to designate another person (an “agent”) to handle your financial transactions for you should you become incapable of handlin...

Local writer Cameron Turner, whose provocative column, "Turner's Two Cents," appears regularly in the Journal, will share his opinions on KNBC Channel 4 as a contributor to the dynamic news and discussion ...