Questions are being raised by members of the community whether city staff, funds and resources have been improperly utilized to support Oakland Promise, an education nonprofit...
Running into a wall of outrage from school families and community groups, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) administration and the Oakland Board of Education are...
In the midst of a growing homeless population in Alameda Count and as numbers have even doubled in Oakland, city staff is threatening to cut off...
“If we want any hope in transforming our largest inner cities, we have to start early. It’s all about literacy and the right kind of literacy,”...
Black folks’ love East Oakland’s naturally green environment almost as much as its ancestral rebel spirit. But locally and nationally, there is heightened concern about Black...
On Sept 11, the Oakland Public Works Department plans to destroy about 20 small homes that residents who can’t afford sanctioned housing have built and currently...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Over the next decade, the Education Department projects an $11 billion cost-savings from denying loan forgiveness. But for student loan borrowers, denying $11...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The U.N’s office on AIDS has named a longtime activist on women’s issues to head the global health agency. Ugandan humanitarian Winnie...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The celebrated Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is returning to Memphis for a limited weekend engagement February 14-16. For the Orpheum Theatre Group’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If Malcolm was alive today, he would tell you that the chickens have come home to roost again. Dallas Texas, specifically the very...