As the Oakland Board of Education moves ahead with its search for a new superintendent of schools, members of the community are continuing to push for...
The Berkeley City Council took a strong stance this week by voting unanimously to divest from all companies involved with designing, building, financing, or otherwise...
Nine years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat from the fifth row on a City of Montgomery segregated public bus, Montgomery’s Women’s...
People of color own nearly half of California businesses but get only 3 percent of contracts In the most diverse state in America, the 10 largest...
By Chad Terhune, California Healthline Republicans are touting their health plan as the right medicine for ailing insurance markets across the country, from Arizona to Tennessee....
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan submitted a resolution proposing for Oakland to not do business with financial institutions that have direct investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline...
About 1,000 supporters of “Day Without a Woman,” International Women´s Day rallied Wednesday afternoon at Oakland City Hall. Photo by Ken Epstein Thousands of Bay Area...
Unofficial results show that Kate Harrison has overwhelmingly won the District 4 seat on the Berkeley City Council, defeating her opponent 63.7 percent to 36.3 percent....
By Manny Otiko, California Black Media Questions are being raised about the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)’s management of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program...
At the Women’s March on Washington, Senator Kamala Harris told constituents, she “had our backs,” and since she has been in office Senator Harris been...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement after Republicans unveiled their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday: “Last night, Republicans unveiled their plan...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D- Richmond) honored Dr. Vicki Alexander as the 15th Assembly District Woman of the Year Award recipient. “It brings me great pleasure to present this...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a senior member of the House Budget Committee, released a statement this week slamming President Trump’s government spending outline as a “morally bankrupt...
Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced AB 918, the ‘California Voting for All Act,’ which would be the first of its kind in the country to provide...
The Oakland City Council this week unanimously passed a Resolution urging the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)....
State Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) has introduced a bill to help meet California’s teacher shortage by allowing community college districts to offer teacher credentialing programs. “As...
Statement released by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in regards to the Trump Administration: “The Council of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal...
Housing Authority wait lists are opening up as housing demand continues to outpace supply, especially for lower-income residents. The federal government’s long-term disinvestment in public...
Courtesy of Telesur In an age of rising higher education costs, San Francisco has become the first city to make community college free. The announcement comes...
[Dear Women of America,] The massive women’s marches of January 21st may mark the beginning of a new wave of militant feminist struggle. But what...
By Richard Wembe Johnson, San Quentin State Prison It’s quite apparent that most of you have come to the conclusion that you have all the...
The State of California recently released the 2015-2016 performance report for the state’s federally funded local workforce development services, which found that the city’s...
In January, Mayor Tom Butt represented the City of Richmond in Sacramento at two state-wide environmental policy meetings. The mayor met with the League...
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx recently approved a waiver of U.S. Department of Transportation regulations to allow the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Tuesday, along with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, and Congresswoman Diana DeGette, led a group of 104 Democrats in reintroducing the “Equal...