“The Wiz” performed at the Black Repertory in Berkeley will feature encore performances Februay 18 and 25, 2018. Photo By: Carla Thomas Black Repertory Group Mainstage Productions...
Drummers Set the Cultural Tone of Kwanzaa at Defremery Park Honoring Ujima and Queen Mother Makinya. Photo By Carla Thomas. Kwanzaa came to the Defremery Community...
The Golden State Warriors (GSW) have been the darlings of the NBA for the past 3 years winning 2 of the last 3 NBA titles. Their...
Street Historian Simon Rutledge (left) speaks to passersby on the streets of New York City at the corner of 96th and Broadway. On any given day,...
Ceremony honors 12 people who turned their lives around. Marin County Superior Court Judge Kelly Simmons (third from left) and Probation Chief Mike Daly (third from right)...
“Ladies in Red” founder Brenda Knight reported to the Post News Group that despite providing care to her husband of 45 years for his chronic heart...
Director of Patient Care Services Wanda Pene interviewed LVN Aquila Ward about wound care in the home setting, because it can be an important part of home health care, and a...
By Huberta Jackson-Lowman, Ph.D. & Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D The ongoing practice of the enslavement and trafficking of Black African migrants in Libya is a human...
Agnus the Play, a murders’ futurist trial set in 2047 written by Ise Lyfe and Matt Warner, will debut off-Broadway January 18th through February 11th in New York....
By Anthony Rendon and Chris Holden Apparently, history makes some people uncomfortable. The facts make some people uncomfortable. Pressure from people with a limited grasp of...
By Kyle Pennell Have you ever wondered how green Oakland is and how we are contributing to protecting the environment and combating climate change? One major...
More than 100 students showed off their green thumbs at Cleveland Elementary School in Oakland last week as part of the school’s Salad Day. The second-...
Graphic Artist Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. Douglas displays his artwork on tour in Auckland, New Zealand. Graphic...
Left to Right: Beverly Greene, Schatzie Allen Jefferson and Dana Lang celebrate at the COMTO Scholarship Dinner. The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) of Northern...
Over 100 community members recently gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Acts Cyrene Apartments at 9400 International Boulevard. The 59-unit mixed used family development in...
A medical social worker helps coordinate a holistic care plan for patients recovering from an injury, living with chronic illness, or entering hospice – and the...
Students sit in on a session at last year’s Brothers Code event. This year’s fourth annual Brothers Code event will be held from 8 a.m. to...
By John Sasaki The following is a statement released by the Oakland Unified School District after employees had their recent paychecks removed from their bank accounts...
The #WeChoose Campaign has already organized over 30 town hall meetings across the country engaging communities in building grassroots visions for public education. The next step...
A big chunk of this city’s decommissioned Army Base just got new life as Port of Oakland Commissioners approved a plan that re-invents the site as...
Rampant Racial Harassment Allegedly Includes Use of Term “Nigger” Throughout Tesla’s Fremont Factory According to a class action lawsuit filed this week in Alameda County, standard...
By Safiya-April Du Ewa From A Northern Louisiana Village to a Northern California Village 73 years ago, in February 1944, when Jesse Perry Jr. was just...
Practitioners gathered at Pomponio State Beach in April for the first event sponsored by the current officers of Oloshas United Bay Area. Photo by Jaime Marcic....
Photo by Barbara Fluhrer. Friends, family, and team members gathered for champagne at Coliseum Lexus Of Oakland recently to celebrate Oakland’s Eyla Moore: the first African...
Dion Williams, Mamie Williams, Deborah Watson, Anna Smith, Gwendolyn Smith, Edward Thomas, Lamont Watson at the National Black MBA Association’s Leaders of Tomorrow Awards. Nestled in...