A lot is at stake for District 6 voters in this election. We have serious issues around affordable housing, gentrification, displacement, illegal dumping, blight, and economic...
City Attorney Barbara Parker, Chief of Police Anne Kirkpatrick, Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Sabrina Landreth. Photo courtesy of Oakland Magazine. Back in July when...
Black Women Organized for Political Action, or BWOPA, started in 1968, when about 200 Black women throughout the Bay Area worked to get Ronald V. Dellums...
A community coalition comprised of Pastors, former Black Panther Co-Founder, Bobby Seale, Civil Rights attorneys and residents held a press conference this week calling out “money...
Doutherd’s opponent, Gary Yee, supported “top heavy administration” and closed the 25,000-student Oakland Adult Education program Clarissa Doutherd, who is running for the District 4 School...
While Zydeco music played over the loudspeakers last Saturday afternoon, contingents in the 44th annual Black Cowboy Parade made their way down 18th street to Adeline. With onlookers...
Terri Brown opens her home to KC Matthews, who was recently released from prison. Since his release, KC has obtained his Social Security and California ID...
Yesterday, Schools and Communities First, a powerful statewide coalition of nearly 300 endorsing community organizations, labor unions, business leaders, philanthropic foundations and elected officials, announced the...
“Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them.” Hebrews 13:3 The Live Free Committee of Oakland Community Organization (OCO) released...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released the “Winter Fuels Outlook” data which predicts that average household costs for all major heating fuels will rise because...