The response to COVID-19 has laid bare, once again, the glaring economic inequalities we live with every day. An essential new institution is public banking —...
More than 340 teachers — members of the Oakland Education Association (OEA) — joined with parents, students, and other community members this week to send a...
The health departments of six Bay Area counties issued a joint statement this week announcing they are extending shelter-in-place orders through the end of May to...
The City of Oakland is teetering on the precipice of financial ruin, according to a report issued by the Oakland City Auditor earlier this month, confirmed...
On March 26, 2020, Daryle Allums, CEO of Adamika Village a nonprofit known for decreasing gun violence, protecting women from domestic violence and human trafficking went...
Unhoused Oakland residents say that officers from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) have been harassing and arresting them unjustly during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re essential workers....
A shocking video of a police officer beating a 14-year-old African American boy over a Swisher tobacco cigarette is being shared across social media platforms around the world....
Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California was the first state in the nation to secure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to place...
Out-of-work gig workers in California whose employers have not paid into the state’s unemployment insurance fund — as well as Californians without jobs who have run...
African American-owned restaurants across California will be able to participate in a new state program that contracts eateries to prepare meals and deliver them to vulnerable...
In the probate court system, it shouldn’t take two years to decide which relative should be awarded conservatorship over an elder. But considering an elder,...
What happened to living for the weekend? Where did hump day go? When will sports return? When will these kids return to school? Where can I...
Throughout a career that began during a time when segregation was strictly enforced and the modern Civil Rights Movement was still in its infancy, Benjamin O....
When the official U.S. Census Day 2020 came April 1, the global coronavirus pandemic was worsening. It had already forced social and economic shutdowns across America....
Civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr. sat down for an exclusive interview with Zenger News to discuss the future of the black press. “Some...
As face-covering enforcement begins in the Bay Area, Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and region-wide officials to act...
Following drastic budget cuts, layoffs and school closures and amid future uncertainty about the impact of the pandemic on state funding, the Oakland Board of Education...
Black People are being infected and dying at disproportionate rates from COVID-19. This past Saturday, Community Ready Corps (CRC) and The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) virtually...
This week, marijuana enthusiasts across the state of California — and around the world are — observing 4/20/2020. But, this year, the famous pot-smoking celebration in...
For 113 years, DeLauer’s Super Newsstand, located at 1310 Broadway in downtown Oakland has been a mainstay in the community, providing Oakland residents with news from...
Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing hosted an international online solidarity event called “Reclaim Homes from the US to the UK” with representatives from the Focus E15 Campaign...
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique health and economic challenges for individuals and families, especially in communities of color where people are disproportionately affected by the...
#ChefsForAmerica provide nutritious meals for homeless families in partnership with Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s EAT LEARN PLAY Foundation and Chef Jose Andres’ WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN. Locally,...
The media has just discovered that the coronavirus is far more deadly to blacks and Latinos than to whites. Twice as deadly in New York City,...
“History is bound to repeat itself. Look at what went wrong in 1918 (Spanish Flu.) Then do the opposite.” The History Channel. Pres. Woodrow Wilson was...
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