America’s gun culture costs lives and feeds our fears. Consider the most recent injustice in Florida, the verdict in the Michael Dunn case, and the most...
By Dan Siegel I am announcing my support of the campaign organized by Local 1021 of the SEIU and a coalition of community organizations to increase...
A hearing was held Tuesday by legislators to push for sweeping reform in conditions faced by thousands of prisoners in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay and...
Councilmembers are raising concerns that Phil Tagami’s company Rotunda Partners II has not begun making payments on 20-year, $12 million loan from the city to develop...
Federal Judge Thelton Henderson has fired the compliance director who has been overseeing the Oakland Police Department, saying that police reform will be better served by...
The San Francisco-Oakland span of the Bay Bridge was officially named Tuesday after former California and Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Hundreds of...
By Michael A. LeNoir, M.D., president, National Medical Association Dr. Anthony Jones has been an AIDS Specialist for over 15 years. During that time he has...
The Port of Oakland is scheduled next week to decide on signing a new exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) with Oakland developer Phil Tagami and his partners...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) joined members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and interfaith leaders from around the country on Thursday on the Capitol Hill East...
Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle has announced that maritime industry leader John C. Driscoll has named as the port’s new maritime director. “We are...
By Kitty Kelly Epstein The Common Core, like many U.S. education reforms, sounded good when it was first discussed. It was explained that children across the...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this honored Public Defender Brendon Woods this week as the recipient of the Santa Clara County Black Lawyers Association’s Gideon...
The inspection of potentially hazardous cargos that come through the Port of Oakland have been conducted for months in the City of Alameda, even though the...
Rev. Al Sharpton, nationally known civil rights leader and founder of the National Action Network (NAN), was the featured guest pastor at Beebe Memorial Cathedral in...
A kick-off meeting of the Beautification Council in East Oakland this week brought together community, city and county leaders seeking ways to make a dent in...
Mayor Anthony Silva this week named Kurt Wilson as Stockton’s new city manager. Wilson, who is first African American to serve in that position, takes the...
The Oakland City Council will consider a resolution Feb. 4 to honor civic, faith and community leaders who have contributed to Oakland’s unique place in African...
By Howard FullerBlack Alliance for Educational Options This piece is being written in celebration of National School Choice Week It is extremely important for all of...
By Steve Hockensmith, UC Berkeley News As 2013 came to a close, the media dutifully reported that the year had been the driest in California since...
The Oakland Police Department is slipping in its efforts to make substantive progress on court-ordered reforms, 11 years after the City of Oakland agreed to accept...
After sitting idle and vacant for many years in a community that’s in dire need of helpful resources and programs for young people, the West Oakland...
The Oakland City Council honored the East Bay Warriors (EBW) Pop Warner Football and Cheer teams Tuesday night for their participation in the Pop Warner Super...
An assembly bill that would allow California Community Colleges to receive full funding for courses offered in correctional institutions, AB1271, has passed the Assembly Higher...
As I went from event to event Monday celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King, I was struck by both the tribute and the distortion. The...
Members of San Francisco’s African American Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday with city administrators, and S.F. Travel officials on how to revitalize Black neighborhoods and businesses...
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