The Oakland Private Industry Council (PIC) recently hosted a recruitment event for the transportation company Uber, Tuesday, March 1 at the West Oakland Career Center. Uber...
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf received an enthusiastic response from some community members when she announced she was calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to give the city...
African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately high rates of hunger and poverty compared to other Americans, according to a new analysis released today by Bread for the...
A leader of the Oakland branch of the NAACP is joining efforts of civil rights groups calling on Mayor Libby Schaaf to rescind her unilateral decision...
By Tanya Dennis Money matters. Home, possessions, bank savings and investments dictate the quality of life, and many people live with an intent to leave a...
Community members, civil rights activists and advocates for more local jobs spoke out at this week’s Community and Economic Development (CED) committee meeting to oppose...
Local labor leader Andreas Cluver and long-time community leader Arabella Martinez have been appointed to the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners. They joined the Board Feb....
Rebuilding wealth among Black Americans through homeownership is the focus of the Mid-Winter Regional Conferences to be convened by National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB).
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press The United States should consider reparations to African-American descendants of slavery, establish a national human rights commission and publicly...
Over 300 job seekers showed up at the West Oakland library Monday, Jan. 25, eager to apply for multiple positions with AC Transit, which is currently...
Over a hundred community members crowded the city council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) committee meeting Tuesday to react a staff report on the feasibility and...
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...
Walmart announced Friday that is closing 269 stores worldwide – including the stores on Edgemont Drive in Oakland – as it sharpens its focus on its...
A nivel nacional, los trabajadores de comida rápida, los cuidadores y los empleados de tiendas en cientos de ciudades de todo el país abandonaron sus puestos...
Fast-food workers, care givers, and store employees in hundreds of cities across the country walked off the job Tuesday demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage and union...
A report released by Rep. Maxine Waters, ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services, and members of the Congressional Black, Hispanic and Asian Pacific...
By Len Raphael By now, every Oakland homeowner should have received their property tax bill. There are several items in small print to look at...
The City of San Leandro and the Bay Area HomeBuyer Agency are offering a free homebuyer seminar on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to...
La Medida FF de Oakland, una medida electoral promulgada por los votantes aprobada en noviembre de 2014, ofrece aumentos anuales al Salario Mínimo de Oakland basada...
Restaurantes y negocios de hostelería emplean cerca de 11 millones de trabajadores a nivel nacional, una de las industrias más grandes del país, y están creciendo...
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), all members of the CBC Diversity Task Force...
City Councilmembers this week reluctantly approved a new Oakland Workforce Investment Board (WIB) budget for 2015-2017 that will make drastic cuts in jobs and job training...
As the Oakland City Council prepares to vote on the city budget for the next two years, Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Mayor Libby Schaaf...
A group of tenants are resisting a landlord’s ongoing attempts to kick them out of their apartments, just a few blocks away from the site of...
Oakland is a city facing the loss of its racial, age, economic, cultural and social diversity, driven by the loss of affordable housing and a huge...
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