Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that requires publicly traded corporations who have their headquarters in California to appoint directors from “underrepresented communities” to...
On Feb. 25, 2018, 14,000 people from around the Bay Area took over the streets of downtown Oakland to celebrate Black culture, creativity, resilience and joy—The...
Part 1 Ella Baker was 61 years old when her comrade, historian Howard Zinn, wrote in “SNCC: The New Abolitionists,” “Ella Baker is more responsible than...
Karen Attiah, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — “All of these police brutality videos on my feed are making me sick,” a black male...
Karen Attiah, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — “All of these police brutality videos on my feed are making me sick,” a black male...
(Time) – When Black Lives Matter protestors stormed a room at a meeting in Phoenix and demanded that the 2016 presidential candidates say the names of...
(ESPN) – On Wednesday, Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones made his latest social media attempt to woo MMA star Ronda Rousey. It was the latest in a string...
(The Washington Post) – Amid the famous politicians, wealthy donors and top Democratic Party officials invited to New York last month to watch Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Amid the rainbow-clad crowds cheering at this year’s San Francisco Pride Parade arose a mass of Black Power fists. They belonged to the Bay Area contingent...
As part of Creative Time’s Dreaming in Daylight series in Central Park, poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph will present a new art experience, “Black Joy in the...
Los Angeles just voted to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The nation’s second-biggest city joins Seattle, San Francisco and little Emeryville,...
Tasbeeh Herwees, GOOD.COM (GOOD.com) — Telling our stories is not just a political necessity, but also an opportunity for catharsis and public healing. Which is why...
Black students at UC Berkeley, saying they are facing isolation, alienation and oppression, are demanding the university’s administrators implement major changes to address the hostile campus...
Over 100 protesters shut down Emeryville Home Depot last Saturday, demanding, “We want answers!” about really happened in the killing of Yuvette Henderson by Emeryville police...
By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley News As #BlackLivesMatter protests erupted and spread across the country late last year — everywhere from Ferguson, Missouri, to Sproul Plaza...
Two months after Berkeley police injured peaceful protesters with batons, tear gas and projectiles, some 150 activists led by Berkeley High, Berkeley City College and UC...
By Opal Tometi, executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Reprinted from Huffington Post Everyone knows that...
Many Oakland residents are saying that the City Council’s public hearing on critical issues that impact African Americans in Oakland is a good first step. ...
By UC Berkeley News Many members of the UC Berkeley campus community have been lending their energy to the #BlackLivesMatter movement — in the streets, on...
In response to police abuse and violence in the City of Oakland, the Anti Police Terror Project is making its demands known to what they call...
By Kim Carter Martinez My name is Kim. I am Black, I am Jewish, and my life matters. For the last few months, our country has...
Religious leaders in the Bay Area will hold a private screening of the Ava Duvernay film, “Selma,” which covers the historical march from Selma to Montgomery...
Carrying black and white signs, adorned with pink triangles, members of the Bay Area Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community took to the streets...
Over 300 Jews, joined a few non-Jews, marked Chanukah, the holiday of liberation, by taking over the streets of downtown San Francisco, marching, praying, laughing, and...
Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus set off a storm of protests – including from some rank and file members of his wn department, when he held...