By Mary Kenny, SFSU News Two years ago, an exploration of U.S. perceptions about Canadian sexual politics took Professor Marc Stein on a journey that...
By Anh Do, L.A. Times Anaheim Supt. Michael Matsuda has a special connection the district and its homeless students
You’d do almost anything for your best friend. You’d take a bullet, take her in, or take her anywhere she needed to go. You keep...
Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) invites highly motivated young women who are passionate about making a difference in their communities to apply for its...
“Contrary to the big promises, the proposed new coal terminal will not produce jobs for members of the community,” according to organizers of a community meeting...
Sacramento, CA – DeMarucs Cousins is truly in All-Star form. H wasn’t selected a starter for the upcoming NBA All-Star but he’s sure to make the...
By Polly Seaberry Rev. Henry C. Williams is pointing the way to reparations as a partial economic solution for African Americans. He wants to reach...
African American churches from around the state from joined forces with Covered California over MLK Jr. Day weekend to reach the African American community with a...
Pretty much everyone in Oakland recognizes that commercial and residential rents are running out of control, and longtime residents are being forced out of the city...
Fans of The Whispers mourned the loss of Nicholas “Nick” Caldwell, at Glad Tidings Church of God in Christ on Saturday, Jan. 17. He was 71.
By Brian Beveridge The Oakland City Council is concerned about banning coal operations at their new Oakland Global Logistics center – because their master developer...
Walmart announced Friday that is closing 269 stores worldwide – including the stores on Edgemont Drive in Oakland – as it sharpens its focus on its...
By Roseann Torres As a Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education member for the past three years representing District 5, I have remained...
By Bankole Thompson, Ebony and other sources President Barack Obama was in the Motor City on Wednesday for the the 2016 North American International Auto...
Qilombo Community Center of the Afrikatown and McClymonds district has teamed up with local Oakland artist and photographer Danté-Alexander to launch a monthly Art Showcase &...
By Yara Simón, Remezcla.com The late Celia Cruz will now be honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Cruz – who perhaps has...
Cleveland, OH – In the final meeting between these two teams the King has lost his footing. LeBron James who was quoted saying “he is the...
By Manny Otiko/California Black Media Dr. Shirley Thornton, a retired educator and colonel in the United States Army Reserves, remembers reaching a “glass ceiling” when...
By Mary Kenny, SFSU News The 2016 Academy Award contenders have been announced, and once again, San Francisco State University alumni among those who have...
Way to go! Nothing beats recognition when you’ve finished a project. Good job! Well done! Hearing those things is pretty awesome. But imagine working...
By Anh Le As we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, birthday and honor his legacy, we are confronted with many pressing issues: war, poverty, homelessness,...
Mayor Edwin M. Lee this week released ta statement on the death of cable car operator Reynaldo Morante, who was in a coma and on life...
Ethan Michaeli, who was once a reporter for The Chicago Defender in the 1990s, has written a new book “The Defender: How The Legendary Black Newspaper...
By Joyce Roy Mayor Libby Schaaf in her State of the City address claimed that she is aware of our fears “that today’s dramatic changes...
Two whistleblowing teachers at the Oakland Charter Academy, part of the Amethod Public Schools network, are alleging that they were fired without notice on the last...
