After decades of overspending on law enforcement, our nation’s police forces have now grown so large there’s simply no way they can keep themselves fully staffed....
Speakers in support of Kaplan included Oakland Port Commissioners Michael Colbruno and Andreas Cluver; former Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty; Oakland City Councilmembers Sheng Thao, Nikki...
It is now becoming clear to many local education advocates that under FCMAT, the state’s enforcer, or the whip hand of education austerity, K-12 school districts...
“Board President Gary Yee has been open about his desire to look at the Community Day School site as a possible location for the creation of...
“This isn’t just about what is happening in Oakland — this is about what is happening to the country,” said former ILWU Local 10 president Trent...
Economic justice is a near-immediate, tangible solution to improve life for criminalized survivors of domestic violence. Many survivors hail from predominantly Black and Brown communities, which...
Advocates say, domestic violence must be approached holistically. Every aspect of the issue must be considered. That not only helps to end the criminalization of people...
It is our prayer that the District and community can begin to navigate this issue in a manner which teaches our children right from wrong. This...
“To do womanist theology, we must read and hear the Bible and engage it within the context of our own experience,” Dr. Jacquelyn Grant said. “This...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s unfair to take up spaces that should be for people at the lake and give them to folks from Alameda. I’ve called...
Oakland City Councilmember-At-Large, Rebecca Kaplan has advanced important region-leading innovative projects, such as the civilian crisis responder program (known as MACRO), new zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell...
Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects the structure and function of hemoglobin, reduces the ability of red blood cells to transport oxygen...
Fredrika Newton, widow of Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton, read a statement in support of the proposal at Monday’s meeting, noting that an agreement...
Dozens of faith leaders across our state have worked together to open the doors of our churches for free, convenient COVID-19 testing. Some sites also offer...
Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022 - Presentation: Elder David Alexander, Esq, The Legal Struggle: “God Was There All the Time!” — Three of the most powerful legal...
Florence McCrary, a member of the Violence Prevention Coalition Family Support Advocates, representing mothers who lost children to violence in Oakland said, “As a mother who...
When we see Kamala, we see ourselves. We are there. Some of you might think you could do better. But more often, we’re just glad we...
George Duke received multiple Grammy nominations, the Edison Lifetime Achievement Award, and Keyboard Magazine’s “R&B Keyboardist of The Year,” and won a Grammy for producing the...
Wilfred Cyprian Harvey’s membership in various organizations included: Charter member of Oak Center Neighborhood Association; charter member of CITIES – Black Telephone Workers; president of Oakland...
“The actions of the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE), demanding the closing (of as many as) 20 community schools and a $90 million cut in...
“People of color don’t stop being people of color when negotiations are done,” said Jessica Dominguez, the founder and lead clinician at Kaiser Permanente’s La Clínica....
For the 2021 baseball season, Kemp teamed up with a national organization and pledged to plant 100 trees in urban communities for every stolen base and...
Of the 53 public speakers at the meeting, 32 opposed approving the EIR, raising significant concerns about the impact of the project. Speakers included representatives of...
“Women can sometimes be left out of conversations around funding and technology. If our business isn’t technology-focused, we can find ourselves left out of finding ways...
While federal and California state guidelines now allow healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 to return to work without quarantining as long as they are...
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