To decipher President Donald Trump’s presidency, apply the basic rule of politics: Follow the money. Last month, for example, Trump performed at rallies in North Carolina...
DAYTONA TIMES — The student debt crisis in our country is worsening. If nothing is done, its size threatens our nation’s future. Young people saddled with...
DAYTONA TIMES — More than 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center went out on strike last week, but they are not alone. On Sept....
THE AFRO — Even before the death of Freddie Gray, Associated Black Charities (ABC) pushed for Baltimore to address structural racism and call out white privilege. If...
THE AFRO — It was twenty-five years ago this week that I stood outside of the Elmina Castle in Ghana with a small group of friends and...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — “I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal George Wallace — someone who’s not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone...
THE AFRO — The Maryland Department of Human Resources estimates that more than 650,000 Marylanders receive nutrition help each month through the federal-state partnership known as the...
THE AFRO — A new survey from Black Women for America (BWFA) outlines the key issues for this critical voting bloc, and shows that former Vice...
THE AFRO — History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived...
DAYTONA TIMES — There is much to object to about No. 45’s presidency – his hateful racial rhetoric, his attacks on women and people of color, his...
DAYTONA TIMES — Whenever we seem to vote a Black elected official in, they’ll try and finesse a few votes then say, “I’m not just an official...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — In spite of the forked-tongue talk, doublespeak and patently racist ranting of the pretending President Trump and the White supremacist mob-like cheerleaders...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Rideshare platforms have significantly improved transportation options for communities of color, particularly in low-income neighborhoods that have been neglected by public transit for...
California, the state with the highest rents and most evictions, is the battleground for rent control this mid-term election. The real estate industry and landlord organizations...
A lot is at stake for District 6 voters in this election. We have serious issues around affordable housing, gentrification, displacement, illegal dumping, blight, and economic...
In a recent news article, the secretary-treasurer of the local Building Trades Council asserted that racism is no longer a problem within the construction unions. He...
By Eric Arnold The Mercury News (August 12, 2018) reports that as a candidate Libby Schaaf promised that 28 percent of the housing built in Oakland...
“The level of indifference (Mayor Schaaf) has shown to (homelessness) has been, until very recently, stunning,” says Pamela Drake in her blog. By Pamela Drake It’s...
By Desley Brooks | District 6 Council- member In Part I of this article, Councilmember Brooks wrote that “The Council, Mayor and Administration have once again...
By Greg McConnell | President and CEO, The McConnell Group Oakland needs a bold, new vision for housing. The loss of life in the Ghost Ship...
Measure on June 5 ballot supports child care and preschool By Nancy Harvey For more than 18 years, I’ve served families as an educator in the...
Sandré R Swanson (left) with Rebecca Kaplan. By Sandré Swanson I was born in the City of Oakland and I have proudly served Oakland as our...
By Dan Siegel | Oakland Justice Coalition Desley Brooks deserves another term on the Oakland City Council because she has been a strong, creative advocate for the...
By Reverend Damita Davis-Howard We’re in a development boom in Oakland. Cranes and bulldozers clang downtown, building luxury condos, offices, and hotels. More and more people huddle...
By Chris Iglesias and Joe Brooks Let’s not play politics with our youth. The school to prison pipeline is a reality for many Black and Brown...