By Zack Haber Residents in Oakland and throughout the Bay Area are supporting efforts to stop the construction of The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which...
Amendments will increase funds for public safety, fire services, housing, cultural affairs, and park upkeep By Post Staff Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, joined by members...
By Ken Epstein In the wake of a national search, the Oakland Police Commission has hired Mac Muir to become the new executive director of the Civilian...
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on...
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Two bills aimed at equipping K-12 students with the ability to discern between accurate and false news — and...
By Sean Ryan Representatives Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) on Tuesday introduced the “Moneyball Act,” legislation that would require the owners of any professional...
By Linda Parker Pennington On Tuesday, June 12, First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, visited a packed and jubilant house at Manny’s, to support her husband’s presidential...
TH NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Families First Community Grant program was created as an additional method to invest TANF funds in ways to provide assistance...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The truth is, crime is out of control in this country, especially in too many of our cities. While many choose to turn...
Thao seeks to boost crime reduction and hire a new chief. By Ken Epstein The City of Oakland’s leadership is seeking to beef up police presence...
By Chuck Finnie Celebrated annually on June 19, Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, is an observance of the effective end of slavery...
By Ben Christopher CalMatters Late last fall, a Southern California developer dropped more than a dozen mammoth building proposals on the city of Santa Monica that...
Juanita J. Craft was an activist, former Democratic Precinct Chair, NAACP leader and former Dallas City Council member. Her work helped advance desegregation and racial equality...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Last year President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law — legislation that had previously been killed more than 200...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Excerpt: Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons released a statement, expressing the city’s shock and sadness shortly after Johnson’s death. Simmons said hearts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the...
By Black Information Network | Chicago Defender Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has introduced a bill calling for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans to...
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Vice President Kamala Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has...
By Ken Epstein An outpouring of community supporters – young, old, jazz lovers, environmentalists and committed Oakland partisans – spoke out at a recent Planning Commission...
Join Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb to discuss the uptick in crime and violence in District 1 and across Oakland. Representatives from the Oakland Police Department...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We have always emphasized that there should be common sense bipartisan solutions to our nation's problems that are supported overwhelmingly by the majority...
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to keeping his promise to appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, President Biden has signed into law bold...
THE ATLANTA VOICE — Following a tour of the facility, Warnock sat down to address recent action he has taken in Washington to cut the cost of...
