North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church Feels the Love as Checks Come in to Defray Tax Bill

Pastors and elected officials join Pastor Sylvester Rutledge of North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church on Monday to pray, support and present checks for the Alameda County...

The Case Against SB357—Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked—Why Us?

Part 1 By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Motivated to protect trans, Black and Hispanic people from persecution by police, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)...

Internet Pioneer Lisa Gelobter Helped Create Technologies for Web Animation

By Tamara Shiloh Many Black women have made significant strides within technology, yet they remain significantly underrepresented across the computer sciences spectrum. According to the United...

Reparations: California Legislative Analyst’s Office Proposes “Paths” For Payments

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ This past weekend, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans received insight on...

“I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir” by Debra Lee

c.2023, Legacy Lit Books, $29.00, 256 pages By Terry Schlichenmeyer Everybody’s looking at you. They’re wondering what you’re going to do next, because you often surprise...

Coming Storm Prompts Flood Warning for Entire Bay Area

By Jeff Ballinger Bay City News The approaching storm anticipated to hit the region beginning Thursday has prompted a flood warning through Sunday for the entire...

Season 3, Episode 49 – Women in Business, Accessible Health Care

Houston Fashion Designer Chasity Sereal Puts Her “Growing Pains” on Display in Wearable Art Experience

HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — ABOVE: Designer Chasity Sereal and Forward Times Contributing Writer Terrance Turner (Photos by Tye Visuals Photography)

OP-ED: ONE BLACK MAN’S OPINION — The Black Agenda

HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Will a Black agenda poll result in a list of proactive or reactive policies? Will a Black agenda poll result in agenda...

Reregulation of Airlines Will Have Negative Impact on Travelers of Color

HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — Today, the vast majority of Americans from all income levels and walks of life are able to travel by air. According to...

LINEAGE

HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — From his “Studio Be” launch in early 2016, Brandan “BMIKE” Odums’ work has continued to gain steam in drawing big name celebrities and...

Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia Join Toll Road Authority Director Roberto Treviño to Announce First-Ever Toll Rate Reduction

HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The change in HCTRA policy is a significant reduction in the rate cash customers used to pay when they become EZ TAG...

Union Pacific Announces Environmental Assessment Agreement for Houston Site

HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — In January, the EPA granted a request from Union Pacific and its community partners to use the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and...

Forward Focus with Chynell Lee, Code BLK

Community Rally Backs Mayor Sheng Thao’s Firing of OPD Chief Armstrong

By Post Staff Supporters of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao held a rally this week, praising the mayor for firing OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong and for demonstrating...

South African Play Explores Impact of Historic Xhosa Prophetess Nongqawuse

By Navdeep Jassal Post News Group Contributor Navdeep Jassal, has been traveling in South Africa for the last five months and recently had the opportunity to...

Former Marin City Black Panther Party Members Reminisce on Beginnings at Panel Discussion

By Godfrey Lee Marin City community members Charles Huff, Terri Green, and Walter Turner, who are also former members of the Black Panther Party, spoke of...

Help Save North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, the 2nd oldest Black Church in Oakland

By Carla Thomas North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church (NOMBC) located at 1060 32nd St. is the second oldest Black church in Oakland, at 118 years. Having...

FAME’S Pastor Smith Claims “Triumph Over Tragedy” — Fire Mobilizes a City and a Nation

By Carla Thomas FAME, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oakland, held its first service at a temporary location, Temple Beth Abraham on MacArthur Blvd,...

Alameda County Supervisors Will Allow Tenant Eviction Protections to Expire at End of April: Oakland’s eviction moratorium remains in effect for local residents

By Post Staff The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week refused to review the county’s ongoing eviction moratorium, which means the pandemic-passed tenant protections will...

Undoing the Past: Lawmakers Seek to Mend California Neighborhoods Sliced by Highways

By Wendy Fry CalMatters A new select committee in the California Legislature will explore ways the state can reconnect neighborhoods that decades ago were torn apart...

New State Bill Would Incentivize Converting Vacant Offices into Housing

By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation A new bill authored by Assemblyman Matt Haney would prevent cities from stalling or killing the conversion of empty...

Newsom Rescinds COVID State of Emergency, Signaling Shift Away From Emergency Response

By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation Gov. Gavin Newsom formally rescinded California’s COVID-19 state of emergency Tuesday, shifting the state’s strategy around the virus from...

Community safety message about Carjackings

The Berkeley Police Department has noticed a trend of carjackings occurring in Berkeley. The Berkeley Police Department has noticed a trend of carjackings occurring in Berkeley. ...

Steven Torrence Hired to Lead County of Marin’s Office of Emergency Management

Steven Torrence, who has coordinated emergency response services in the Los Angeles area for the past 10 years, has been selected as the new Director of Emergency...