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...
Nancy Skinner, State Senator, District 9 issued the following statement on Tuesday, Sept. 13: Dear Constituent, Beginning in early October, most California residents will start receiving...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A series of community Listening Sessions are being held statewide to help the nine members of the California Task...
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,...
By Post Staff Oakland Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan will introduce a resolution on Sept. 20, 1:30 p.m. to the Oakland City Council urging the Women’s National Basketball...
Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media California has started administering updated COVID-19 booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the use...
More than 200 new homes for low-income residents and previously unhoused families to be built on lot that previously served as one of City’s first COVID...
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...
County seeks volunteers to help recommend distributions for community needs Courtesy of Marin County It’s time to distribute federal, state and local money set aside for...
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...
By Post Staff This fall, Holy Names University (HNU) will award full-tuition scholarships to 20 Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) teachers who have demonstrated a commitment...
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 McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media One hundred and ten African Americans died or suffered serious bodily injury during encounters with law enforcement officers in...
By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media On the last night of this year’s legislative session last week, the State Assembly rejected Senate Bill (SB) 918,...
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...
