I’m in New York again for a return engagement of Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor,” his new play on the current state of race in...
I wasn’t at the 60th commemoration of the March on Washington. But I was at the 50th in 2013, right up front staring Al Sharpton and...
I will never be in doubt again about what to do on Sept. 11. At each time stamp of terror, mark it with a moment of...
The economy may be the No. 1 issue in the upcoming election. But it’s still a mystery. How can inflation be normalizing around 3%, going down...
On a week that an ex-president is arrested and arraigned for an historic fourth time, one must wonder what kind of leader the American public really...
By Emil Guillermo On a week that an ex-president is arrested and arraigned for an historic fourth time, one must wonder what kind of leader the...
Van Jones, the former director of Oakland’s Ella Baker Center, acts as our surrogate when he appears on the mostly white CNN news panels. So, when...
This week, Trump’s attorneys unveiled their legal strategy — delay at any cost — intended to make sure that the trial in what should be an...
If you felt more vulnerable this July Fourth, you weren’t imagining things. You had more rights last week than you did on America’s birthday. That’s thanks...
On Juneteenth, there was a lesson for everyone in America when pro-slavery forces couldn’t prevent all of the U.S. from getting the truth. Never give up...
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When it comes to gun violence in America, it’s go big or get ignored. No one cares about the single victim. Unless there’s some strange twist,...
Since it happened over the Easter holiday, the parallel cannot be overlooked. Resurrection was in the air. Just five days after his political death, Oakland native...
Don’t be fooled by the Republican spin. The historic indictment, arrest and arraignment in New York City of the twice-impeached former President Donald J. Trump was...
Was the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg — the man who could make history as the first prosecutor to indict a former president — an affirmative action...
I’m still in Manhattan, performing in Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s off-Broadway play now at Theater for the New City. I’m not a New York tourist, I’m...
After the Oscars, when Asian Americans were everywhere on the winners list, from actors, writers, directors, but also makeup artists, and not just in “Everything Everywhere...
Adams use of a conservative poll as justification to make racist statements against Blacks is more than a little ridiculous. It’s also a little sad because...
Filipinos weren’t enslaved, but as colonized people the tens of thousands who came as laborers were convenient replacements to come and work the agricultural fields of...
It took the courage of humanity to take action like Fagen did. If you’ve never heard of this history, it’s not surprising. It’s one that runs...
This situation could have been a teaching moment for the entire nation about Asian Americans and social justice, had it been handled properly. We are, after...
One might chalk up the ethnic vote slide to turnout. But considering motivating factors like the economy, abortion, or even the fate of democracy, I think...
These are the folks within our community who have been used by a white anti-civil rights activist named Ed Blum in an attempt to topple this...
There is no doubt that Joe Biden was elected in 2020. By any legitimate measure, the vote has withstood challenges and been upheld. Yet, when voters...
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