Affordable health care for all is now at the center of the presidential debate. Two of the top three contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination —...
Oakland has long been a diverse city, a melting pot of all ethnicities cohabiting together lifting each other up. A place where blacks felt at home....
Donald Trump’s use of the term “lynching” to describe the ongoing impeachment inquiry in the House naturally sparked bipartisan outrage. The president and his shameless apologist,...
A new report should raise alarms about the upcoming 2020 Census. According to the Pew Research Center, the good news is that the overwhelming majority of...
In 1978, Mohammed Ali was easily the most famous person in America, Funkadelic topped the music charts, and The Wiz was just released. That year California...
On my birthday this year, I continued my tradition of going to the Cook County Jail to have lunch with some of the 5,552 people who...
To decipher President Donald Trump’s presidency, apply the basic rule of politics: Follow the money. Last month, for example, Trump performed at rallies in North Carolina...
Senator Kamala Harris’ knowledge, experience, and political talent promise an impeccable performance in next Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary debate. Today I write with a special purpose:...
In recent months, there have been many important and valid concerns expressed regarding the future of the Coliseum Area which may include the Oakland A’s. We...
In 2016, Oakland overwhelmingly voted for a police commission they believed would create an “independent” oversight body of the Oakland Police Department (OPD). After years of...
The world is concerned over the climate changes as the world witnesses and tries to adapt to the unpredictability of the seasons. In some parts of...
Last week, Dr. Nobles proposed that resistance to the idea of reparations for Black people is rooted in a psychological problem among white people that was...
By Regina Brown Wilson California Black Media This is a direct appeal to Governor Newsom, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez and our entire state Legislature. I’m writing this...
Part I The newly wide-ranging discussion of reparations is being stimulated by the recognition of the 400th anniversary of the introduction of kidnapped captive Africans at...
You are passionate about a cause, and you’re not the only one. At the core of every nonprofit organization is a desire to get a message...
Black folks’ love East Oakland’s naturally green environment almost as much as its ancestral rebel spirit. But locally and nationally, there is heightened concern about Black...
One of the shrouded notions that we may have about slavery could be the concept of Indentured Servitude. In 1607, Britain began to unleash it’s first...
Columnist Leo Bazile began a series of articles examining morality and other aspects of the Reparations topic during this 2019 political climate. Reginald W. Lyles’ column...
Police Use of Force actions questioned In his 1999 book, “Blue vs. Black,” attorney John Burris wrote, “In the past, our ideals about what type of...
~When columnist Leo Bazile began a series of articles examining the morality and all other aspects of the Reparations topic during this 2019 political climate, this...
The African American community must be counted in the 2020 Census; if we’re not the Trump administration will be able to further deny us political power...
We owe a part of this discussion about reparations to the present electoral cycle, as we approach the 2020 presidential campaign. With China meaning business, we...
Finally. It only took 150 years, but at last a substantive, realistic, and responsible national plan for slavery reparations has been put forward. Question is, will...
Summarizing the familiar patterns of some white people’s responses to racial discomfort as White Fragility has resonated for many people that responded to last week’s column....
The City of Oakland tried to sell an audience of primarily Black residents and a handful of Black contractors on establishing a Project Labor Agreement on...
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