They said it would never work. He married up too high. She was a gold-digger and he didn’t realize it yet. She wanted a Daddy figure;...
Our communities are facing a troubling increase in major incidents of white supremacist violence —and we must increase our mutual support and solidarity. These incidents include...
Your mother dealt with things you can’t imagine. It was a different time when she was your age, with societal issues you’d never tolerate and rules...
Until 2018, Florida — the state vital to the presidential victories of George Bush and Donald Trump — deprived 1 in 10 voters, and 2 in 10 African...
All the Fighting 90th Tuskegee Airmen wanted was an opportunity to serve. And in “Black Eagles,” the play by Leslie Lee and directed by L. Peter...
At Harvard University, the shield says, “VERITAS,” which is Greek for “TRUTH.” However, we have discovered that thanks to, “Operation Varsity Blues,” “TRUTH,” for some institutions...
Economists have recently started to talk about the U.S. trade deficit being at a decade high of $796 billion dollars. According to Wikipedia, the balance of...
The United States is pushing for an overthrow of the government of Venezuela. The Trump administration has denounced Nicolas Maduro as a “dictator,” dismissing the 2018...
Last week, we, the freedom-believing and fair-minded residents of Sacramento, California, were disappointed to our cores. Our worst fears became reality. The Sacramento African-American community had...
February is a powerful month in the African-American psyche. It is Black History Month, and it includes Valentine’s Day. This is a time when we could...
The “Black History Seven” is a phrase I created to reference the same people we talk about, read about, and focus on every year during Black...
Leave me alone. That’s what you’d like to tell just about everybody right now: go away. Stop talking to me. Don’t fuss, quit fighting, put away...
President Trump apparently has decided that intervention in Venezuela’s agonies can help repair an image scarred by the government shutdown debacle. In recent days, he recognized...
With the government still partially shut down, partisan politics is generating more heat President Donald Trump, in his unique blustery style, believes he can slander the...
Since the striking victories of Democrats up and down the ballot in 2018, President Donald Trump has been flailing more and more wildly. He’s setting new...
Recently I sat down to update my resume. See if you can guess my job: Promoted and ran online fundraising campaign securing $2,500.00 for equipment from...
Mr. Leonard Powell is going to Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, to fight to keep the home where he and his family...
When new U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked on “60 Minutes” whether she thinks President Donald Trump is a racist, she responded with the candor that...
Gentrification of Oakland leaves many of us with empty pockets and anxiety about a rent increase, but have we ever thought about gentrification affecting more than...
Last Thursday, we marked a new era when we swore in the most diverse Congress in U.S. history. With a record number of women and members...
At the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, we use the final week of every year to take an in-depth look at the life and legacy...
Our nation must fulfill the hopes unleashed by the Emancipation Proclamation “Then Moses said to the people, ‘Commemorate this day, the day you came out of...
The Oakland school district is considering closing 24 more public schools. Oakland has already closed 15 schools, even though the city population is growing. An extensive...
Thank you again for electing me to the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Board of Educa¬tion in 2016. I am now at the halfway...
“Yes, if we don’t get what we want, one way or the other … I will shut down the government,” said President Trump to Senate Minority...
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