“Black developers should have the same opportunities that any other developer has to build great projects that benefit the community,” said Don Gilmore, executive director of...
People For the American Way will use billboards and social media to bring the censored artwork to Georgia voters and to people around the country who...
“The tremendous impact that Hidden Genius Project has made in the lives of Black male youth in Oakland, Richmond, and the East Bay is the reason...
The new Racial Justice Act makes the new law retroactive with a phased-in timeline for prisoners to apply for relief. Prisoners sentenced to death and people...
The Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back (FIGB) refuses to be denied restorative justice: we want our voices heard. We want solutions. We want affordable housing. We want...
Don’t miss the boat. You’ve got to vote, especially in this political age of denial. From election denial to DACA denial to now student loan forgiveness...
“Terrence Riley has demonstrated his deep commitment to youth development and education through his 13+ year tenure at Aim High. He will undoubtedly bring leadership and...
Black voters have the power to decide the election in Georgia, which will probably decide the future of our country in some ways we can predict...
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr, Esq., former mayor of San Francisco, made the case for Black students to have the financial support to attend law...
The Providence, R.I.–born Philip Bell Downing was creative from childhood, always looking for ways to improve on the routines of daily life. As the son of...
Valencia Burton Horton was then a real estate broker but couldn’t provide a home for her own family. She kept her faith and continued to move...
College Corps represents the first and largest state-level investment in a college service program in the country, with $146 million earmarked for up to 6,500 students...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these reformulated, single dose boosters are referred to as “bivalent” because they are meant to defend...
California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom has been quiet on the Democrat versus Democrat Los Angeles mayoral race. Bass, who is running to be the first Black Woman...
Currently, marijuana is considered a Schedule 1 drug, grouping it in the same category as heroin and Ecstasy. A review could result in the drug being...
President Biden pointed out that Republicans “who voted against the Infrastructure Bill, called me and the bill “socialist” and then attacked — all Democrats who passed...
As the only Black man on Oakland’s City Council, I know firsthand that public safety is an intersectional issue. It requires a focus on the history...
Thanks to Gay and Paul Cobb, the owners of the Post News Group (who once marched with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to reinstate our...
When I sit in the company of Mr. Ussery, I am reminded of being in Mississippi. I feel as though I am sitting on my grandfather’s...
I know that some folks don’t vote because they believe their vote doesn’t matter. History shows that it does. The best example I can think of...
the Northern California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) held their annual Convocation at Grand Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church in Oakland. Seven hundred people came...
The data that was collected showed that 90% of Black Californians say that they have health insurance coverage, and 92% of respondents said that they have...
“We are still living in a time and place where we need to make sure we elevate the experiences of Latinos,” said Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland),...
I believe something is always better than nothing. Which is why I recruited other volunteers to help gather me gather Food, gift cards, clothing, toys and...
The teachers’ union pledged to continue the fight against school closures and to take legal action to defend teachers who have been fired or threatened for...