The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right — and making it easier to exercise it — ought to be a priority...
It has become common for African Americans to travel to Africa –especially Nigeria—for initiations and festivals marking the holy events and places that are part of...
Living Jazz is an Oakland-based jazz music organization that has been committed to transforming lives through music since 1984. Through education and performance programs that focus...
It was the spring of 1916. Four American soldiers of the French Foreign Legion sat in commiseration at a Paris café. Eugene Jacques Bullard (1895–1961) was...
If your child needs somewhere to go or something to do during the days before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Oakland Parks and Recreation Dept. is offering...
Hayward Thanksgiving Dinner: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Salvation Army Hayward Corps, 430 A St. Annual Thanksgiving Meal. A kids’ corner for the children. All welcome. For more...
Domestic violence is a social epidemic and continues to plague communities and families. This year, A Safe Place, the only domestic violence crisis shelter in Oakland,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The voice of working-class and middle-class Americans have been drowned out by lobbyists and special interest groups. This, combined with the astronomical cost...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We didn’t get everything right,” he (Bloomberg) admitted after citing various achievements during his administrations and warming to the central topic of stop-and-frisk....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today’s order will protect the lives of asylum seekers who were forced to endure extreme hardship while waiting in dangerous border cities for...