BLACK VOICE NEWS — April 4th marked 51 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. was felled by an assassin’s bullet, yet the world continues to embrace his...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — New Mexico, California, Philadelphia, Chicago. These are some of the city, county and state governments that have attempted to protect immigrants from local law...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — Chris Brown and Offset of the Migos got into a social media spat on Feb. 6.
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Trump is using his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall to justify his irrational reactions.
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — It’s “xenophobic rhetoric” and “fear mongering,” but most Americans are more pragmatic about border security, according to NAACP leaders.
Marco Senghor, owner of Bissap Baobab, is charged with obtaining citizenship illegally. He has pleaded not guilty. Photo courtesy of Mission Local Marco Senghor, owner of...
Rebecca Kaplan addresses rally to protect the rights of immigrants with protected status along with Cat Brooks, Pamela Price, Said Karamooz and Pamela Drake. Oakland Councilmember-at-Large...
As the federal government failed to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite immigrant families Thursday, Bay Area parents and grandparents announced a 3-day hunger strike—the first in...
‘Occupy ICE’ protester Imri Rivas calls for the abolition of ICE at a July 3 press conference in front of San Francisco’s U.S. Citizen & Immigration...
By Cat Brooks At the U.S.-Mexico Border, thousands of children have been stolen from parents fleeing horrific conditions in their home countries – conditions that have...
Oakland residents and others demonstrate March 7 when Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke in Sacrament. Protesters said: “Sessions go home. We won’t be bullied.” Photo courtesy...
Safe Passages CEO Josefina Alvarado-Mena. By Katie Bazyluk Safe Passages, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is doubling its efforts to serve immigrant families in light of the federal administration’s recent...
Activists have blocked the intersections surrounding the ICE building in San Francisco this week. Facebook photos by Megan Zapanta and April Martin. Oakland officials and community...
This week, Oakland’s City Council unanimously passed Citywide Councilmember, Rebecca Kaplan’s Resolution to clarify that Oakland’s Police Department is to not collude with ICE, including in...
Students from Aspire Lionel Wilson Preparatory Academy in Oakland spoke at Tuesday evening’s Public Safety Committee, asking the city to uphold its Sanctuary City commitment. “We...
Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is asking the public to attend the Council’s Public Safety Committee to demand transparency of the cover-up of the August Immigration and Customs...
The California Endowment (TCE) announced last week that it’s committing more than $1 million of its Fight for All Fund specifically to help Californians with Deferred...
By Edrees Saied, DACA recipient As a foreign-born citizen, I am devastated with the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Over 800,000 young undocumented...
By Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Oakland Unified School District The Trump administration (has) declared that it will end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in six months. In...
At a meeting that went into the early morning hours, the Oakland City Council adopted three pieces of equity legislation sponsored by Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, cutting...
Some of the supporters of the resolution to cut OPD ties to ICE. The City Council´s Public Safety Committee this week unanimously passed Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s...
An art exhibition focusing on the train that carries up to half a million Central American migrants across Mexico toward the United States every year opened...
By Alan Gomez , USA Today President Trump’s immigration agency is recommending that the U.S. end temporary protections by next January for 50,000 Haitians allowed to...
State Sen. Nancy Skinner has sent a letter to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors urging board members to reverse their decision to support the...
The Berkeley City Council took a strong stance this week by voting unanimously to divest from all companies involved with designing, building, financing, or otherwise...