The East Bay Regional Park District has hired a veteran Bay Area law enforcement officer to serve as captain of its Police Department. Capt. Anthony...
The Black Urban Growers National Group (www.blackurbangrowers.org), the organization of Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners committed to building networks and community support for growers in both...
Jazz musicians have often chosen to speak out about issues of race or equality as a way of drawing attention to problems in society. The speakers...
Ivory Coast artist Aboudia is known for his large-scale, heavily layered and energetic paintings that reflect his experience after the heavily disputed Ivorian presidential election of...
Kate Aronoff Waging Nonviolence Within the last couple weeks, the Florida-based Dream Defenders announced a six week “social media sabbatical” from their personal and organizational Facebook,...
Courtesy of the Independent Grace Lee Boggs, who over the course of more than seven decades threw her energies into the civil rights and labor...
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield has released a statement opposing the state of Alabama’s decision to close 31 satellite driver’s license offices in rural...
A vigil for muralist Antonio Ramos was held last Thursday at the mural where he was slain, in commemoration of his life and his exemplary work...
A state bill that was signed into law this past weekend will usher in new police accountability reforms requiring California law enforcement to collect and...
Oakland, CA – One mistake proved costly in the fourth. After Charles Woodson intercepted Peyton Manning’s pass, Derek Carr threw a pick six and that was...
By Ned MacKay Autumn is an active time in the East Bay Regional Parks. The cooler weather makes for pleasant hiking and riding, and the...
By Michelle Andrews, KHN News Dental care ranked number one among health care services that people with insurance say they’re skimping on because of cost,...
Courtesy of the LA Progressive Registered nurses held a press conference Monday at Pasadena City Hall in Southern California as a send-off for RN Allysha...
A seemingly declining jobless rate masks the actual reality in Oakland where 19 percent of the city’s residents live in poverty, and many Oaklanders are...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee is among the labor and political leaders who are raising concerns about impact to American workers and jobs of the proposed international trade...
Sacramento, CA – Becky Hammon made headlines last year when she became the first woman hired as a NBA assistant coach. This summer she became the...
Since the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated mandatory life without parole for juveniles (JLWOP) in 2012, nine states have abolished it, with six states abolishing it...
How did I end up in prison? That’s the age-old question that I and nearly every other inmate, regardless of race, culture or religion, has...
African American churches in West Oakland are responding to a neighbor’s complaints to police that worshipers at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church are being too loud....
In a return performance at San Francisco City Hall’s rotunda, Nimely Napla’s Pan African Dance Company will perform a harvest dance, known as the “Farming Ballet,”...
For almost every day of your life, someone’s reminded you to share. Usually, it’s about sharing your toys but that’s not all. You share games,...
In Alabama, 50 years after Selma, voting rights are once more under assault. Even as Alabama finally took down its confederate flags this year, it has...
The Fleet Week 2015 committee hosted a Veterans Employment Seminar at the Marines’ Memorial Club in San Francisco. The Veterans Summit, an all-day program, included panels...
The Oakland Public Library began offering the Beanstack service, a web-based book recommendation app for adults with children. Beanstack users create a profile for each...
By Sharee Silerio, The Root They were tragedies caught on video. Almost a year ago, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, was shot and killed...
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