Part I The newly wide-ranging discussion of reparations is being stimulated by the recognition of the 400th anniversary of the introduction of kidnapped captive Africans at...
It was a full house on the last Friday in August in Oakland’s Laurel District where about 20 women of color had settled in for...
Sylverine Brooks, an Oakland educator, passed away on August 27, 2019. She was 75. Born in Nov. 27, 1943 in Hennings, Tenn., she was the daughter...
You are passionate about a cause, and you’re not the only one. At the core of every nonprofit organization is a desire to get a message...
A Night in White Extravaganza for the 95th Session of the Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) was held at the...
If you’re buying a house, did you know there’s a pool of $50 million waiting to help Black residents with down payments? You’re invited to hear...
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,”...
