Local residents are raising concerns about “meeting procedures” and “meeting norms” dictating the behavior of the Oakland Board of Education, which could limit board members’ ability...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee has announced that the City of Oakland will receive a $16,470,400 federal grant to support Head Start and Early Head Start Programs....
A settlement was reached yesterday in Ashker v. Governor of California, a federal class action lawsuit that challenged California’s use of long-term solitary confinement. The result,...
“King Hedley II,” as presented by the Lower Bottom Playaz, is a must-see to understand the many social problems and generational barriers that play a part...
Nicky Woolf – The Guardian A Baltimore judge on Wednesday denied a raft of motions aimed at removing state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby from a case...
By Joe Satran, Huffington Post When your children are sick, it’s hard not to want doctors to do everything in their power to cure them....
Joelito’s Big Decision /La gran decisión de Joelito, a beautifully illustrated and translated Spanish/English bilingual book, will soon be published. It’s about a boy...
Rebecca Klein- The Huffington Post A group of Chicago residents finished the 11th day of a hunger strike last Thursday in an attempt to move...
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is supporting DreamCatcher Youth Services, signing on as honorary host and speaker at “OUT for DreamCatcher,” a fundraising reception on Saturday, Sept....
By Shaun King, Daily Kos This past week in Houston, Texas a white police officer, Darren Goforth, was fatally shot and killed by a Black...