By Rev Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland Last week, as the Pastors of Oakland and the NAACP held a prayer vigil seeking proactive...
By Rev. Jim Hopkins, ICAC Co-Founding Board Member and Rev. Ken Chambers, ICAC Founding President The headline in the September 20, 2022, East Bay Times read,...
By Emil Guillermo Are you African American? Or African-American? Filipino American? Or a Filipino-American? Asian American? Or Asian-American? What’s the difference? That line between words. You...
By Godfrey Lee The life of the late Mrs. Elberta Julia Eriksson, BCD, MFT, LCSW was honored at the Marin City Senior Center in Marin City...
By Sheng Thao, Oakland City Council President Pro Tempore On Tuesday I had the pleasure of joining Assemblymember Mia Bonta, Pastor Billy Dixon Jr., and community...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc. (CALBCCF) is offering “game-changing opportunities” for mini micro, micro, and small...
By Ben Jealous Truth is a threat to authoritarianism. Reading is a path to truth. That’s why the freedom to read is essential to the freedom...
By Sean Ryan Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement on Wednesday of $6 billion in new funding for the Global Fund at the...
Protesters shut down meeting of Gov. Newsom’s state-funded nonprofit agency By Ken Epstein Parent Voices Oakland and other Oakland community groups this week joined with parents...
By Tamara Shiloh It was the spring of 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were preparing to launch a campaign...
By Zack Haber The Oakland Unified School District is no longer publishing data this school year to inform students, staff, parents and the public about positive...
“The Journey to the Vision” Faith-based organization leaders often discuss their visions today, but not the struggles that brought them to now. On Sept. 27, 2022,...
Courtesy of Marin County The County of Marin, along with nine local jurisdictions, has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and two other companies to hold them...
By Gregory Hodge Housing is a human right. In the wealthiest region in the wealthiest country, our shortcoming is obvious to anyone who has taken just...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget trailer bill approving $5 million in funding to the California State...
Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media For the first time in history, a Black woman, Sedalia Sanders, was honored by the League of California Cities...
Oakland, CA – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) released the following statement mourning the loss of her friend and former Legislative Director, Ying Lee. “My condolences and...
By Ben Jealous A New Mexico judge has done the country a big favor. Judge Francis Mathew upheld a little-known provision of the U.S. Constitution and...
NABVETS and other Bay Area veterans groups will join together with East Bay Regional Park District to go fishing, 9:00am to 2:30pm Saturday, September 27 at...
By Pastor Alvin Bernstine The Reverend Marvin Webb represented the best of Richmond. He, in fact, embodied the best of Richmond and that’s how he showed...
By Denise Richardson, Community Home Lending Advisor in Oakland It’s an interesting time to be buying a home as markets across the country continue to experience...
Getting your first paycheck is an exciting experience and an opportunity to kickstart your financial journey. Mapping out your short and long-term financial goals early on...
By Emil Guillermo Tennis, anyone? In my Mission District neighborhood growing up, we had courts. But us kids always chose the adjoining basketball court. And in...
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media A lawsuit filed by the California-Hawaii NAACP Conference on August 2 to remove an election ballot opposition statement to Proposition...
By Godfrey Lee “The Legacy of Marin City, A California Story, from 1942 to 1962” exhibit will be open at the Bartolini Gallery on Aug. 20....
