Thousands of low-income Alameda County families will no longer pay juvenile probation and public defender fees. On July 12, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors...
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is backing Assembly Bill 2466 would ensure state law reflects a recent Superior Court ruling restoring voting rights to individuals serving...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee released a statement this week on meetings of the draft platform committee of the Democratic Party. “As a former co-chair of the...
Maura Dolan, L.A. Times African Americans and Latinos in California are more likely than others to lose their driver’s licenses because of unpaid tickets and...
Por Congresista Barbara Lee Cuando las empresas deciden pagarle menos a las mujeres, las ponen en desventaja por el resto de su carrera profesional....
The National Urban League President Marc H. Morial this week praised U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-0 decision in Evenwel v. Abbott, upholding that a state or locality...
By Donna Kimura, www.housingfinance.org Landlords with a blanket policy of denying housing to people with criminal records are in violation of the Fair Housing Act,...
By Harry Brill Governor Brown just signed a minimum wage bill that was enthusiastically greeted by many progressive organizations. Among the enthusiasts is the California...
The Oakland Justice Coalition, a coalition of social justice oriented organizations working to support ballot initiatives and progressive candidates in 2016, has announced support for three...
By Kris Sanchez , NBC Bay Area Dozens of South Bay renters and landlords sounded off week at the San Jose City Council meeting about...
Former East Bay Assemblymember Sandré Swanson’s campaign for State Senate District 9 has announced that he has earned the support of Berkeley Councilmembers Maxwell Anderson, Kriss...
The Fair Housing of Marin will be sponsoring a housing conference, “Housing Opportunity: Past, Present, and Future” at the Marin Center Showcase Theater, Monday April 4,...
The Oakland Justice Coalition has announced that petitioning will begin Saturday, April 2 on three ballot measures for the November elections. The three initiatives are...
By Jeff Horwitz, Assoicated Press Washington (AP) — Donald Trump said Friday he will weaken First Amendment protections for reporters as president, making it easier...
As part of their ongoing effort to bring attention to the injustice suffered by the Port Chicago 50, Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Barbara Lee (CA-13)...
By Samantha Lachman, The Huffington Post California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill last October that will automatically register voters, which was sent to...
Courtesy of RT Seven families from Flint, Michigan filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Governor Rick Snyder, as well as other city and state officials,...
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were keynote speakers this week at a $250-a-person election fundraiser for Great Oakland (GO) Public...
By Damian Trujillo, NBC Bay Area A San Jose police officer who was fired last year after sending what some called racists tweets is back...
Sandré Swanson won an exclusive endorsement from the California Teachers Association (CTA) in his campaign for the California 9th Senate District seat. CTA joins Congresswoman...
Courtesy of The Richmond Standard A coalition of local organizations and community leaders is proposing a November ballot initiative that would mandate that a certain...
By Sheryl Huggins Salomon, Ebony.com Fifty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the agenda and style of the legendary...
BySue Sturgis, Common Dreams As the federal trial over North Carolina’s restrictive voter ID law wrapped up last week in Winston-Salem, the North Carolina. NAACP...
By David Gorn, California Healthline A plan to offer full state-sponsored health benefits for adult immigrants without papers is likely to spark one of the...
Join leaders and activists organizing for a citywide moratorium on evictions and rent increases and other important proposals that can help Oakland residents stay in Oakland....