Courtesy of The Guardian Thousands of women flee their homes in parts of Central America and Mexico each year to escape armed gangs and domestic...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard As safety goggles awaited on nearby tables, the Lawrence Hall of Science educator attempted to sound as serious as possible about...
A coalition of groups delivered a national petition with 130,000 signatures this week to the White House, calling on President Obama to remove the conviction history...
Since the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and its pastor, Thomas A. Harris, III have received notoriety from the complaints about their church sounds, many churches, pastors...
Writer, journalist and educator Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke to a sold-out crowd in Berkeley this week, discussing the ideas and experiences in his best seller, “Between...
Community members and faith leaders held a public meeting this week to oppose the export of coal from a terminal at the City of Oakland’s...
With a rapidly growing and diverse workforce, offering paid training, full health benefits and pay above the minimum wage for Oakland residents, CallSocket is outshining many...
By Jonathan Morales, SFSU News From the tech world to law enforcement to education to the boardroom, it’s a topic that is coming up more...
Workers at Taylor Farms in Tracy, California were hospitalized after being told to return to work as a chemical spill took place inside the salad processing...
Oakland and other Bay Area cities are in the throes of a market-driven surge in evictions and rent increases, as long-term residents, small businesses and nonprofit...
Loren Miller was one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights attorneys from the 1940s through the early 1960s, particularly in the fields of housing...
By Harry Brill On Oct. 1, the Berkeley minimum wage increased to $11 an hour. But unfortunately, for the majority of workers the raise is...
Sacramento, CA – In the season opener for both the Kings and Clippers someone had to lose. Unfortunately it was Sacramento that watched Blake Griffin get...
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera is the featured guest speaker at the Saint Mary’s College Leadership for Social Justice Conference “Living Truths: Migrating Voices,”...
When the founders wrote the Constitution, Blacks were considered three-fifths human. In a compromise at the constitutional convention, the Constitution was written to allow slave...
Oakland, CA – The usual fanfare surrounding this team made its final stop last night at Oracle Arena. The reigning NBA champs got their championship rings...
Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks (third from left) celebrated Latino Literacy Week at Frick Middle School last week where she read the book “Esperanza Rising” to students...
The City of San Leandro’s annual Halloween Carnival is set for Saturday October 31 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Marina Community Center, located...
By Suzy Strutner, Huffington Post This holiday season, Starbucks is going Beast Mode with the arrival of a new special blended concoction that is...
African Americans in the city of San Francisco are almost at twice the number of stroke-related deaths, compared to other races and ethnicities. Charles...
As an educator who has taught in Oakland for over a decade, Dr. Larry Moore saw a need for schools tailored to the study of theology.
By Patrisse Cullors, reprinted from Huffington Post Last weekend, we learned with further certainty what we have long known to be true: Black and brown...
The National Lawyers Guild honored Oakland civil rights attorney Walter Riley at its annual Law for the People Convention, which was held in Oakland this...
In a hurried effort to respond to the affordability crisis facing renters, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the launch of the (SHIP) Safe Housing Inspection Program....
Oakland City Council this week honored Gay Plair Cobb, CEO of the Oakland Private Industry Council (PIC), for her 30 years of dedicated service assisting job...
