We Will Not Incarcerate Our Way Out of This

People Are Liberating Public Spaces to Fight the Criminalization of Poverty By Cat Brooks How many times have you walked by an unhoused neighbor and told...

COMMENATY: Integrity Matters. Honesty Matters at Oakland City Hall

By Treva Reid In my short tenure as a councilmember, I can tell you that integrity and honesty are missing at City Hall. As your next...

Training Youth on How-2 End Hostilities

By Richard Johnson The idea of How-2 end violence has its origin in the bowels of prison. The idea was the result of the principled thinking of those...

San Bernardino County Voting to Leave California; Establish 51st State

Manny Otiko | California Black Media On Nov. 8, San Bernardino County voters will be presented with a choice on their ballot — leave the state of...

OPINION: Law enforcement is what we do to people. Public safety is what we do with people.

By Gregory Hodge As a mayoral candidate, I want to see Department of Violence Prevention’s (DVP) current budget of $28M doubled to $56M. That would allow...

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Oakland Promise and Kaiser Support Promising Student

By Carla Thomas When Sandy La applied to two programs while a senior at Oakland High, she had no idea the Oakland Promise program would truly...

Meet the Woman Who Spearheaded Equity, Inclusion in the Business World

By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Eleanor Ramsey, president and CEO of the firm Mason Tillman Associates, has been creating change for Black people and other...

IN MEMORIAM: Mary Agnes English Sparrow, 102

Mary Agnes English Sparrow was born in Beaumont, Texas, April 3, 1920. She graduated from Prairie View College, in Prairie View, Texas with a degree in...

Supes ‘Excited’ About Proposed Workforce Housing For Teachers, County Employees

By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation The perennial issue of affordable housing in Marin County went before the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 13...