Part 1- Showcasing our kids Elbert McBride says, “In order for me to make a change. I have to be the change.” McBride has changed his...
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...
By Richard Wembe Johnson, San Quentin Prison I have a special announcement of the community at large and in particular the students at McClymonds High in...
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...
Marking the grand opening of the expanded Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center presented an art exhibit...
Nine years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat from the fifth row on a City of Montgomery segregated public bus, Montgomery’s Women’s...
The Educational Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland (ECHO) and The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) on Saturday, April 15 will honor over 3,000 Latino students who...
By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News Transgender and gender-fluid teens face up to three times more mental and physical abuse at school and at home...
Over 50 people East Bay residents canvassed the streets around Telegraph Avenue from Uptown to Temescal last Sunday in Oakland on Sunday, giving posters to...
The East Bay Economic Development Alliance (East Bay EDA) has announced the winners of the 5th Annual “East Bay Innovation Awards” of foremost examples of...
This year’s theme for the RYSE Youth Center’s annual fundraiser, Rich City Blues, honors Richmond’s cultural past as a hub for blues, jazz, and zydeco in...
The West Oakland Health Council (WOHC) is now open Thursday evenings and Saturdays. The health center at 700 Adeline is open Thursday evenings until 8...
People of color own nearly half of California businesses but get only 3 percent of contracts In the most diverse state in America, the 10 largest...
Though pioneering journalist Richard Durham (1917-1984) made Chicago his home, the subject of Professor Sonja D. Williams’s “Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio and Freedom” offers...
By Chad Terhune, California Healthline Republicans are touting their health plan as the right medicine for ailing insurance markets across the country, from Arizona to Tennessee....
The public is invited to a breakfast, “Equity In Action: Disruption Under-Performance Through Freedom Schools,” which will discuss the potential of Freedom Schools to upend the...
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan submitted a resolution proposing for Oakland to not do business with financial institutions that have direct investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez Your friends follow what you have to say. Whether on social media or otherwise, they listen to you and understand,...
OCCUR and the San Francisco Foundation FAITHS Program, A Model Built on Faith, will present the second in the 2017 series of free capacity building workshops...
About 1,000 supporters of “Day Without a Woman,” International Women´s Day rallied Wednesday afternoon at Oakland City Hall. Photo by Ken Epstein Thousands of Bay Area...
Women from myriad industries across the Bay Area will convene in Downtown Richmond on Wednesday, March 15 for an evening of networking, resource sharing, and commemoration...
By Mary McInerney, USF News The University of San Francisco is honoring Alive & Free and its co-founder and executive director Dr. Joseph E. Marshall Jr.,...
Do you have a basic legal question but couldn’t find anyone who could provide an answer? Do you need to talk to an experienced attorney? Do...
MobilizeGreen, a nonprofit that seeks to help young people find careers in the green economy, held a job fair last Friday at Oakland City Hall, co-hosted...
Lifting spirits and encouraging people during troubled times has been at the core of gospel singing star Rance Allen’s joyous musical messages ever since he began...
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