Oakland’s longshore and dock workers are the frontline essential workers for economic pandemic relief and supply-chain restoration.
Negotiations on a federal police reform bill have collapsed because Congressional Republicans are willing to stand in the way of lifesaving changes to policing.
Billionaire John Fisher, owner of the A’s, has things to do before he can take over Oakland’s public port property to build malls and housing for...
We all have some Hispanic heritage in California, whether we own it or not. The style, the language, the names of our cities and streets. All...
Build It at the Coliseum and They Will Come!
Oakland city government declares war on the unemployed. An overstatement? Not really.
It leaves the rest of us — including the students — without a teacher, cafeteria worker, or janitorial staff. We have to throw on five or...
Ideally, voting rights should be a nonpartisan issue. Congress repeatedly passed extensions of the Voting Rights Act that were signed by Republican presidents. But right-wing politicians...
Over time, if our kids are not able to relax and de-stress, their bodies may also react with headaches, stomach aches, rapid heart rates, and an...
Masking works. You can see it working. Vaccines work too, but we’re on the honor system for that. And people lie or show a fake vax...
When Newsom became lieutenant governor (2011-2019), that tenure allowed him to acquire on-the-job-training, which, in today’s electoral climate seems to be a forgotten asset.
City Administration must implement Civilian Crisis Responders Program and keep planned community advisory board
Special enrollment is underway and lasts through December 31. Any eligible Californian can sign up without needing to have a qualifying life event – for example,...
All 3 teams leaving?
In 2022, the voters of Oakland will have an opportunity to elect the next mayor for our city. The Mayor of Oakland is the head of...
Since Oakland's many problems can be either solved, altered, eradicated or exacerbated by actions and/or inactions from the Mayor's Office, it is incumbent upon us to make...
Does crime pay? Maybe if you’re white.
On the last day of our last war. The last soldier was out. And we leave with a lousy tweet.
I was proud to work hard for the election of President Joe Biden. And I was proud to protest outside the Biden White House on Aug....
Racial diversity among Bay Area elected officials increased during the 2020 election cycle, but new data shows wide disparities still exist across the region.
All ye news consumers are probably thinking more about Afghanistan in these last two weeks than at any point in the last 20 years.
Millions of California students, teachers, administrators are returning to school this week.
Diversity means we need to coalesce even more for common goals. No one group is dominant.
Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died last year, liked to tell activists that building a better world depended on people being willing to...
In this last month, Newsom will be blamed for everything from the fires (PG&E is a better culprit if Mother Nature isn’t good enough for you);...
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