University Student Studies Hard So He Can Build Roads in South Sudan

By Yasmin Anwar , UC Berkeley News   At 6-foot-4 and with quite a wingspan, UC Berkeley engineering student Akol Kuan towered over sixth-graders at Oakland’s...

Atlantic Philanthropies Gives $177 Million to Fight Dementia

By Laura Kurtzman, UCSF News   The Atlantic Philanthropies is awarding UC San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin and the University of Dublin, $177 million to...

Mwalimu Johnson, Prison Reform Advocate and Counselor of Fellow Inmates, Dies at 78

By Katy Reckdahl, the Advocate   Mwalimu Johnson, a prison-reform advocate and a sought-after counselor to thousands of fellow inmates, died last Tuesday of kidney failure...

Trailblazer and Champion of the People, Mary King, 69

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,...

Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Federal Investigation into Police Shooting as Protests Continue

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...

SF State Creates New Degree in Environmental Science

By Jonathan Morales , SFSU News   Students hoping to work as environmental scientists at government agencies or other organizations have a new option at SF...

300 Military Veterans Now on Death Row

More than one million veterans have returned from wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and the Middle East with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).   Most veterans...

Afro-Mexicans Push for Legal Recognition in Mexico’s Constitution

Written by Walter Thompson-Hernández, http://remezcla.com   The myth of the Latin American racial democracy, scholars believe, began in Brazil following the abolishment of slavery in 1888,...

National Director of Mothers in Charge Speaks at St. Columba

  Dorothy Johnson-Speight (right), the National Director of Mothers in Charge, spoke to the congregation of St. Columba Church in Berkeley at the church’s Saints Day...

Bay Area Labor, Black Lives Matter Unite to Fight for $15/hr. and Racial Justice

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...

Hundreds of Students at Stanford University Stand In Solidarity with Mizzou

Racism at Berkeley Unified “Has Been Tolerated for Too Long,” Say Community Leaders

Tensions remain high at Berkeley High School in the wake of a student walkout sparked by the discovery of a written message in the school library...

People of Color, Women Absent from Management at Federal Banking Agencies

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...

PUEBLO Holds 26th Anniversary Celebration

PUEBLO, People United for a Better Life in Oakland, is holding its 26th anniversary celebration on Thursday, Nov. 12 at La Estrellita restaurant at 6 p.m....

U. Missouri President Resigns After Black Football Players Walk Out

By Tyler Kingkade and Travis Waldron, the Huffington Post     University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe announced Monday that he would resign, amid calls...

“We are the Storm” Exhibit Reveals Unity Under Threat of Climate Change

CultureStrike, in collaboration with Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, has forged partnerships between artists and frontline environmental justice organizations to create a provocative, limited-edition art print portfolio, called...

Conference: Struggle for Equity Intensifies in Post-Katrina New Orleans

By Nikolas Zelinski   It has been 10 years since Katrina hit New Orleans, leaving a lasting impact and growing disparities in the hurricane’s wake.  ...

High-Priced Consultant Still Earning $30,000 a Month at Oakland Unified

Lance Jackson, a $30,000-a-month, $360,000-a-year consultant hired by the Oakland Unified School District, has entered his second school year at the helm of the district’s Facilities...

McClymonds Makes A Big Splash with Pool Reopening

  McClymonds High School is making new waves with the reopening this week of its school pool this week, which has been shuttered for eight years....

Henderson’s Family Files Suit Against Emeryville

Yuvette Henderson’s family, represented by civil rights attorney Dan Siegel, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Emeryville and two police officers responsible for the...

Cuban Leader to Speak in Richmond and San Francisco

Kenia Serrano Puig, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and a member of Cuba’s National Assembly, will speak next week in...

Outrageous Racist Threat at Berkeley High Sparks Outrage, Students Walk Out

Berkeley High School students walked out of classes, rallied on campus and marched to UC Berkeley yesterday in the wake of news that a racist threat...

Fewer Black Men Apply to Medical School Than in 1978

By Lauren Silverman, KERA   Oviea Akpotaire and Jeffrey Okonye put in long days working with patients at the veterans’ hospital in south Dallas as fourth-year...

Church Drummer, Corey Jones, Killed by Plainclothes Florida Police Officer

  By Carlos Harrison and Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post   Stranded on a highway off-ramp at 3 a.m., waiting for a tow truck, Corey Jones...

Community Forum: “When Violence Challenges the Education of Young African American Women”

  Black Women Stirring the Waters (BWSTW) is hosting a community forum, “When Violence Challenges the Education of Young African American Women,” Sunday, Nov. 15, 1:30...