San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton proposed legislation to address the racial discrimination resulting from emergency 911 calls and will call for a commitment from the city...
How many lives of young men and women should be sacrificed for entertainment — and for billions in profit? That question can’t be ducked as the...
As the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that total COVID-19 cases reached 9 million worldwide, California reported 5,019 new cases, the highest number of infections in...
We have all heard alleged stories of famous couples’ volatile relationships: Ike and Tina Turner; Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston; Chris Brown and Rihanna; Mike Tyson...
Last week, this writer shared information on how struggling musicians are coping with finding work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A beautiful new CD called the Bay...
On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The renewable...
Friday, June 12, the basketball icon Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand committed $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations assisting Black people with...
Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker released new guidance to remind all Oaklanders that local, state, and federal civil rights protections remain in full force and...
Food producers using images of Black people in their branding decided to change those images on Wednesday. Hours after PepsiCo announced that it would retire the...
“I haven’t had a gig since early March of this year and things are looking even direr,” said Paul Tillman Smith, a Bay Area drummer...
As calls to defund the police intensified nationwide, protestors demanded justice this week for Erik Salgado, 23, a Hispanic man shot and killed in East Oakland...
About 1,000 people who came to the plaza in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Tuesday got more than a typical rally for George Floyd,...
On June 9, 2020 the Office of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced a directive to allow victims and witnesses of police violence to receive...
Representatives of social justice organizations and individuals announced a civil rights class-action lawsuit Thursday against the City of Oakland in the wake of police violence during...
As mass protests continued across the state Tuesday, the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) called for lasting change in race relations — as well as reform...
On Monday, Dr. Geoffrey Watson surveyed the damage to his North Oakland medical facility caused by looters Saturday and Sunday nights, under the guise of protesting...
The future of the Oakland Police Commission could be decided by the City Council on Tuesday, June 9. Will the voters be allowed to strengthen the...
The Lonay Tenant Council (LTC) and supporters formed a caravan of over 40 vehicles and several bikes that started in Oakland last Sunday to protest at...
As protests and unrest continued to sweep the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month, Floyd’s brother Terrence...
Across the entire county, Black Americans have been crying out for specific data on the impacts of the coronavirus on their communities due to high rates...
As a 4-year-old sitting and listening to his mother play the piano tune “Rosary,” he cried. “It was so pretty; so pretty,” he’d said. By age...
Protesters and pastors across California as well as angered citizens and politicians — including Gov. Gavin Newsom — have all responded to the violent death of...
As protesters demonstrated in at least 140 cities across the country in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other recent cases...
The application process is now open to local residents who want to serve on the Oakland Police Commission. The Police Commission was established in October 2017...
Rep. Barbara Lee issued a resolution calling for the formation of a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission on Monday. The resolution will be officially introduced...
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