By Congresswoman Barbara Lee In recent weeks, a disturbing truth has emerged that we can longer sweep under the rug: hate is on the rise [under...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra this week filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Trump Administration’s effort to impose...
The City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee this week passed a motion calling for immediate relief to Oakland’s homeless crisis. The motion, proposed by Councilmember Rebecca...
Barbara Lee released statement this week, saying that President Trump’s proposed FY2018 federal budget “is, at its heart, a moral document.” “It puts on paper the...
Caption: Nancy Nadel speaks at Tuesday night City Council meeting, calling on the council to pass a 2017-2019 budget that prioritizes “housing the unhoused.” Photo by...
“The American people deserve to know if President Trump tried to quash the FBI investigation into his campaign’s alleged collusion with the Russians. If true,...
Shown (L to R): Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, Assemblyman Rob Bonta and Oakland Education Association President Trish Gorham. Lawmakers, parents, educators, students, and community organizations joined...
Caption: Chris Jackson, a member of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE Action), was one of the speakers at a press conference Tuesday at...
Calling for a new “Department of Violence Prevention (DVP),” City Councilmember Lynette Gibson blasted Mayor Libby Schaaf”s budget for proposing millions in additional spending on enforcement...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee released after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey saying g the president’s action an “abuse of power (that) signals a full-blown...
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media The city of San Francisco has announced a new ordinance last week that cracks down on tobacco sales. The...
A tent fire that broke out Monday night at a regulated campground at 35th & Magnolia streets destroyed 12 tents. The cause of the fire...
By Alan Gomez , USA Today President Trump’s immigration agency is recommending that the U.S. end temporary protections by next January for 50,000 Haitians allowed to...
By Daniel Marans, Huffington Post Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez announced the complete list of people on the 21-member Unity Reform Commission on Monday. The...
Rebecca Kaplan Auctions Warriors tickets to help survivors Oakland is still struggling to resettle the survivors of the San Pablo Avenue fire that killed four people...
According to reports in mainstream news outlets like CNN, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, Saturday saw pro-Trump demonstrators clash with anti-Trump protesters in...
By Joy Resmovits, L.A. Times State Assemblyman Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) will run for state superintendent of public instruction. He announced his candidacy in a statement last week that focused...
By Carrie Feibel Last November, California voters defeated a ballot proposal that would have given state government more control over drug prices. It was a victory for pharmaceutical companies, who spent...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials this week to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure that...
By Manny Otiko/ California Black Media When former Labor Sec. Tom Perez defeated Rep. Keith Ellison in the race to head the Democratic National Committee, it...
Oaklanders are in mourning and seeking answers in the wake of a fire that destroyed a three-story transitional housing building at 2551 San Pablo Ave. in...
By Assemblymember Rob Bonta In times of crisis, all options must be on the table. Many parts of California are suffering from a rental housing affordability...
Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee led a bipartisan coalition of House members in demanding the Trump Administration halt escalating military engagement in Syria. The coalition included:...
As the Oakland Board of Education moves ahead with its search for a new superintendent of schools, members of the community are continuing to push for...
The Berkeley City Council took a strong stance this week by voting unanimously to divest from all companies involved with designing, building, financing, or otherwise...