The Greenlining Institute has announced its strong opposition to the nomination of former OneWest Bank CEO Joseph Otting to be Comptroller of the Currency. Greenlining noted...
Caption: Nancy Nadel speaks at Tuesday night City Council meeting, calling on the council to pass a 2017-2019 budget that prioritizes “housing the unhoused.” Photo by...
Caption: Chris Jackson, a member of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE Action), was one of the speakers at a press conference Tuesday at...
“We don’t pay nonprofits in a timely fashion that serve our vulnerable communities,” said Desley Brooks The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) committee is...
The Greenlining Institute brought its 24th annual Economic Summit to the organization’s new hometown of Oakland April 14. At a moment when communities of color are...
Photo credit: Meaghan M. Mitchell/Hoodline Sitting on the couch one night watching television, Richard Washington had an idea that would change his life. He was...
Oakland Acura has begun construction on a state-of- the-art car sales dealership and service facility that will employ 70 people on a site near the Oakland...
CalETIC4Me, a statewide outreach and education campaign to spread awareness of the the first-ever state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and help eligible families get...
The city went out of its way to acquire state-owned land to exclusively benefit the landlord’s company By Darwin Bond Graham, East Bay Express The...
A coalition of labor, economic justice, community-based, and civil liberties organizations are supporting lawmakers’ unveiling of details to reform California’s money bail system – a system...
The State Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has filed a lawsuit charging that Forever 21, Retail Inc. violated the state’s civil rights laws when...
The career center operated by the Oakland Private Industry (PIC) is hosting a number of hiring events in April for Bay Area job seekers. For over...
Enrollment is open for the Jacari Cook Construction Trades program, which begins April 11, at 10 a.m. at the Marin City Community Development Corporation (MCCDC). The...
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...
By Green the Church Booker T. Washington (April 5, 1856-November 14, 1915) founded Tuskegee University in the state of Alabama on July 4, 1881. In the controversial “Atlanta Compromise” he called...
By Carroll Fife, Oakland Justice Coalition March 7 could be a record day for Oaklanders. That is the day that the Oakland Council will vote...
By Cat Brooks It is no longer questioned that the war on drugs has disproportionately impacted Black, Brown and poor people. What is less understood...
Bay Area job seekers are invited to two job recruitment events to learn more about multiple positions at Tesla, the energy-efficient car company. ...
For Marin County residents, employment and training opportunities are available for mature workers, 55 years or older. The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) will...
By Kirsten West Savali, The Root Since the first iteration of slavery transformed into its more contemporary forms—Jim Crow, mass incarceration, redlining, employment and education...
The State of California recently released the 2015-2016 performance report for the state’s federally funded local workforce development services, which found that the city’s...
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx recently approved a waiver of U.S. Department of Transportation regulations to allow the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
About 200 people attended Trades Day II on Wednesday last week at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium, where they were connected with information related to temporary employment...
University of San Francisco News USF School of Law’s Entrepreneurial Ventures Legal Services Project (EVLS) has launched a partnership with Centro Community Partners to provide legal...
Demanding budget transparency, the Oakland Board of Education voted this week to postpone making $14 million in cuts that staff was recommending for next school year,...
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