According to reports in mainstream news outlets like CNN, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, Saturday saw pro-Trump demonstrators clash with anti-Trump protesters in...
By Joy Resmovits, L.A. Times State Assemblyman Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) will run for state superintendent of public instruction. He announced his candidacy in a statement last week that focused...
By Carrie Feibel Last November, California voters defeated a ballot proposal that would have given state government more control over drug prices. It was a victory for pharmaceutical companies, who spent...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials this week to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure that...
By Manny Otiko/ California Black Media When former Labor Sec. Tom Perez defeated Rep. Keith Ellison in the race to head the Democratic National Committee, it...
Oaklanders are in mourning and seeking answers in the wake of a fire that destroyed a three-story transitional housing building at 2551 San Pablo Ave. in...
By Assemblymember Rob Bonta In times of crisis, all options must be on the table. Many parts of California are suffering from a rental housing affordability...
Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee led a bipartisan coalition of House members in demanding the Trump Administration halt escalating military engagement in Syria. The coalition included:...
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...