When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited the Oakland Auditorium Dec. 28, 1962 before a 7,000-plus crowd, the themes of his famous March on...
Author Jack London’s Black roots were celebrated during his birthday party in Jack London Square by the performers who presented the Post newspaper front-page tribute to...
The Coalition for Police Accountability (CPA), a group of community organizations whose mission is to place a Police Commission on the November 2016 ballot, is holding...
After last month’s victory in getting the University of California system to sell nearly $30 million in private prison holdings, the Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC) is...
Sacramento, CA – The lingering shin injury that has hobbled Stephen Curry in the past few weeks was a non factor last night. In two back-to-back...
Social justice organizations are planning “96 Hours of Direct Action to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy,” from Friday Jan. 15 through MLK Day on Jan. 18, taking...
By Margaret Gordon and Brian Beveridge Local businessmen Phil Tagami, Omar Benjamin and Jerry Bridges are on the wrong side of history as they pursue...
City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney will ask the city council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) committee next Tuesday to approve a resolution to designate the...
A newly formed group of local pastors made a powerful appearance before the Oakland City Council Tuesday evening, Dec. 8, to speak out in favor of...
Community members and faith leaders are continuing to raise awareness about what they consider to be the dangers of coal to the health of residents of...
Sacramento, CA – The Kobe Bryant farewell tour stopped through Sleep Train Arena for one last time. The vintage Bryant was as good as we’ve seen...
Santa Clara, CA – The final game of the season couldn’t have been more entertaining to say the least. A blocked field goal no one saw...
On Wednesday, 14 leaders from diverse faith backgrounds were arrested after holding a sit-in at Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s office in Oakland, demanding that...
Community members representing several cultural activist organizations held a vigil, procession and cultural rally in downtown Oakland Monday evening, defending the Black Friday 14 who are...
By Wanda Sabir Power couple, Demetrius “Chi-Raq” Dupree (Nick Cannon) and Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris) have all any young couple could want, fame and power, the...
Oakland, CA – It was bound to happen. But no one thought it would come this soon. The Golden State Warriors have surpassed some of the...
By Gus Newport Part I-The Last Days of Malcolm X Shareef Nasir, a young African American man born and raised in the Bay Area...
The local teachers’ union and school activists are raising concerns about a proposal, backed by the school district’s administration, to dramatically change how new students are...
Mary V. King, an Oakland native who was the first African American on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and served as AC Transit general manager,...
A number of housing rights activists are calling on...
There is near universal agreement that Oakland is in a housing crisis and that action must be taken quickly to prevent the town from being San...
Isaac Kos-Read, chief of Communications and Public Affairs for the Oakland Unified School District, recently signed a $192,000-a-year-contract, extending his previous contract for two years. ...
By Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root The mayor of Minneapolis has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting Sunday of 24-year-old...
Oakland, CA – Two interceptions can be costly but when the second one is thrown close to the two minute mark, it’s a clear indication that...
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...
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