In the early 1900s in the Bay Area, African-American lawyers were unwelcome and faced hostile opposition in the legal community. It was not until...
Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan denounced Donald Trump for playing footsie with David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan, saying Republicans are “the party of...
Bernie Sanders has named a new Native American advisor to his presidential campaign. Tara Houska is a tribal rights attorney, as well as an environmental...
By Kenneth Braswell (@fathersincorp) I said I wasn’t going to cry; yet, I did. Last night I waited with anxiety for the airing of Blackish. This...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard Starting Wednesday, March 16, nonprofits serving Richmond and North Richmond can apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $75,000. It’s...
The Port of Oakland is extending the deadline to apply for its 2016 Summer College Internship Program. The port is currently recruiting college and graduate level...
Over 20 Latino-owned food trucks led a mobile march down International Boulevard in Oakland Monday – from 46th Avenue and International to City Hall –disrupting traffic...
Oakland’s City Council has voted to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with UrbanCore and East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. to build 252 market...
By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News Ben Bagdikian, former dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and award-winning journalist, author and media critic,...
Over 100 local residents barricaded the entrances to the Oakland Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Summit on Friday morning, March 18, demanding an end to...
