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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The FIRST STEP Act upholds one end of the criminal justice bargain to the black community: 90 percent of the prisoners who have...
On June 11, the City of Vallejo welcomed 14 new interns as a part of the City’s new summer internship program. The 10-week pilot program provides...
PowerPathway™ debuted in 2008 and came to Oakland in 2012. There are also locations in Fresno, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Jose. By Genoa Barrow |...
Mimi Rohr and Greg McConnell of the Oakland Jobs Foundation present a check for job training to Bishop Bob Jackson and Pastor Jerald Simpkins for members...
By Greg McConnell | The McConnell Group On Tuesday, April 24, I attended a City Council committee meeting where a major fight broke out over the issue...
Pre-apprenticeship building trades trainees from the Cypress Mandela Training Center, which was founded by the Oakland Private Industry Council, joined a rally recently in front of...
By Desley Brooks | District 6 Councilwoman Construction is booming in Oakland. From almost anywhere in the city you can see cranes, building materials stacked near...
District 6 City Councilmember Desley Brooks is sponsoring an ordinance that would set aside 5 percent of the city’s capital improvement project costs to support some...
When Brittany started attending the Pyramid Business Systems Telecom Tech program at Laney College this fall, she saw an opportunity to build her skills and...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Up from a past that’s rooted in pain / I rise / I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide...
