By Gloria Lee If you ask any Oakland parent what kind of public school they want for their child, they will tell you: a safe...
The basic story of the poisoning of the children of Flint, Mich., through the water they drink is now pretty well known, but as more details...
By James E Vann Oakland’s present rental and affordable...
By Dante J. James The City of Oakland created the Department of Race and Equity in 2015, reflecting the city’s recognition and acknowledgment that...
By Jorge Lerma A disturbing new video has surfaced showing security guards at Fremont High in Oakland...
By President Barack Obama, The Washington Post In 2010, a 16-year-old named Kalief Browder from the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack. He was...
By Roseann Torres As a Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education member for the past three years representing District 5, I have remained...
Flint, Michigan is impoverished. The auto plants have closed. Forty percent of the city’s 100,000 residents live below the poverty level. It is majority minority. ...
By Erica Garner, Huffington Post My father, Eric Garner, was killed by New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo a year and a half...
2016 offers an opportunity for us to revisit the controversial Three Strikes Law that has meted out harshly severe and unjust punishment for many for crimes...
By Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge Local businessmen Phil Tagami, Omar Benjamin and Jerry Bridges are on the wrong side of history as they pursue...
Un nuevo grupo de pastores locales hizo una poderosa aparición ante el consejo de la ciudad de Oakland el martes por la noche, 8 de diciembre,...
A newly formed group of local pastors made a powerful appearance before the Oakland City Council Tuesday evening, Dec. 8, to speak out in favor of...
In Chicago, “too many people continue to be incarcerated pre-trial, for far too long,” and “unjust incarceration of the mentally ill and poor remains at a...
Over a year ago in October 2014, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a Chicago policeman and killed. With the support of Mayor...
By Anh Le Veterans Day is a time to reflect on the tragedy of war. We remember how certain wars, started and waged by...
Paul Robeson. Muhammad Ali. Bill Russell. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Jim Brown. Curt Flood. Hank Aaron. The “Black 14” at the University of Wyoming. The St. Louis Rams....
By Carroll Fife The Oakland Alliance convened a meeting Saturday, Nov. 7 of over 100 people representing more than 30 organizations to plan for the...
By Hunter Cutting, Huffington Post In the United States the saying goes that politicians often lead from the rear. Our elected “leaders” actually follow the...
We won the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at Selma, combining the power of a principled mass movement led by Dr. King and a compassionate president...
By Pamela Hall, ACCE State Board Member In November this year, the city of Oakland will be considering passing an impact fee, a one-time fee...
San Franciscans are celebrating Aaron Peskin’s victory in the District 3 Supervisor’s race, in San Francisco, and they have spoken clearly and loudly. We will NOT...
Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while creativity is cut out of classroom...
By Beatrice Sanchez It’s been three years since I lost the most important person in my life. My mother passed away from congestive...
By Len Raphael By now, every Oakland homeowner should have received their property tax bill. There are several items in small print to look at...