NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I will start my first day as mayor at our city’s Emergency Operations Center, where my first act as mayor will be to declare...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When Shanitra Brown walks across the stage, she’ll be supported by her four children. Her cheering section ranges in age from four to...
The results were a significant defeat for the moderate, pro-big-business regime of outgoing Mayor Libby Schaaf, her corporate backers and the candidates she groomed and promoted...
Mayor-Elect Sheng Thao’s victory is also historic: She is the first person of Hmong descent to lead a major U.S. city and — at 37 —...
The Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back (FIGB) refuses to be denied restorative justice: we want our voices heard. We want solutions. We want affordable housing. We want...
Thanks to Gay and Paul Cobb, the owners of the Post News Group (who once marched with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to reinstate our...
I believe something is always better than nothing. Which is why I recruited other volunteers to help gather me gather Food, gift cards, clothing, toys and...
We must ensure that we are able to build sufficient housing, especially that which is affordable. Oakland is currently producing under 10% of our state Regional...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on the state of Black students at community colleges,...
The community listening sessions are being conducted across the state by the Reparations Task Force’s seven “anchor organizations.” The seven, Afrikan Black Coalition, Black Equity Collective,...