By Troy Williams After spending 18 years in prison, I returned, a freed man. I was asked to be one of the speakers at an...
Oakland, CA – The Raiders have been knocked out of the playoff hunt. The Green Bay Packers leave Oakland unscathed, staying atop the NFC North with...
By Nancy Skinner Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has joined 10 US Mayors at the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Summit, which is currently underway in Paris....
The New Year’s Eve Black Comedy Explosion at the Paramount Theater Dec. 31 will feature the sounds of DJ Flash of the world famous Rick and...
By Shanthi Gonzales, Many of you have heard about the Superintendent’s proposal to create a common enrollment system that includes charter schools along with OUSD schools.
By Marianne Favro, NBC News Hundreds of parents pulled their kids out of school Monday in the San Lorenzo Unified School District and are calling...
By Sam Whitehead, GPB News Members of Sapelo Island’s Gullah Geechee community in Georgia are suing local and state governments for practices they say are...
The Afrikan Black Coalition, the largest statewide coalition of Black students, recently reported on the $25 million investment in private prisons and $425 million investment in...
El juez federal Thelton Henderson ha perdido la paciencia después de meses de retrasos por funcionarios de la ciudad que están poniendo obstáculos a la implementación...
El Comité del Ayuntamiento Comunidad y Desarrollo Económico (CED) retrasó una decisión del martes en una propuesta para aumentar los pagos de reubicación a inquilinos que...
The City Council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee delayed a decision Tuesday on a proposal to increase relocation payments to tenants who are pushed out...
Federal Judge Thelton Henderson has lost patience after months of delays by city officials who have been balking at implementing a court-recommended policy to strengthen internal...
By Patrick Walsh Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) recently published its annual “Enrollment Options Guide,” which was intended to be a resource for local...
By Ismael F. Armendariz, Jr. Over the past week there has been a lot of discussion about the ways in which charter schools serve students...
Sacramento, CA – Could this be the turning point of the franchise? The Kings were without point guard Rajan Rondo who missed his first game this...
Oakland, CA – The Milwaukee Bucks did the entire league favor. They beat the Warriors last night to end their winning streak. It wasn’t what twenty-four...
By Supt. Antwan Wilson I’m writing to you today to provide you an update on enrollment and to ensure you have access to accurate information...
By Alejandro de la Fuente “This is the most important event of the first year of the United Nations Decennial on Afrodescendants.” That is...
By: Lynette Holloway, The Root Five black students have been selected as Rhodes scholars in one of the highest academic achievements for U.S. college students,...
El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Oakland (OUSD) por primera vez, ha incluido las escuelas charter en su catálogo anual de opciones de escuelas para padres –...
Alameda County has reactivated its Disaster Relief Fund to enable its approximately 9,600 employees and people in the community to voluntarily donate funds to benefit the...
By Levi Rickert Native News Online Fourth-grader Alex Fierro, a member of the Wukchumni (Yokut) tribe, proves one person’s action–or lack of action–can make a...
The gardening catalogs started arriving this week – right on time. In the gray of winter, they represent so much promise, whether you have six...
In September, West Contra Costa teachers voted 686 to 448 to turn down an agreement that had been reached between the union leadership and the school...
Hundreds of protestors crowded into a San Francisco police commission meeting at City Hall Wednesday night, demanding the firing of SF police Chief Greg Suhr and...
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