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Special school board election in East Oakland
Oakland is scheduled to have a special school board election on Nov. 7, 2023, open only to District 5 residents to fill the current vacancy for the School Board director.
Introducing Ms. Patricia Jackson, equestrian and teacher!
... All must know that “We Ride Too”
The beautiful, unsettling ‘Josephine’s Feast’ extends its run into this weekend at the SF...
For me theater is like church – it’s a space where all kinds of people can gather in the flesh and process what it means to be human together through live actors.
20 year anniversary of the Joyce Gordon Gallery: artistic curator Eric Murphy speaks
The importance of having Black owned galleries as with any creative Black owned space is the blessing to showcase and tell our own stories and show artwork that reflect our image and expression.
Niger, West and Central Africa’s current war against neo-colonialism
What is striking and at the center of these changes on the continent, though, are a youth that no longer wants to be subjected to neocolonialism
The effect of today’s Hip Hop on the psychology of young Black America
A candid conversation on the potency of hip hop on youth
Rumors of WW3: Biden’s actions hint at military draft on the horizon
So as a community, we have to take an anti-draft and anti-war stance and begin to be very vocal about it. Black people and other people who are in the lower income brackets cannot continue to let our blood be the gasoline for the imperialist war machine’s agenda in other countries.
Jeelani Shareef, financial freedom fighter
I'm a revolutionary, and revolutionaries create opportunities for the people.
The racist politics of confinement in Virginia’s high security prisons
At Virginia’s high security prisons dogs are a FIRST RESORT to force in almost any situation where guards invent or claim justification to use force on prisoners.
Ruchell Cinque Magee was just released from prison after 67 years caged!
On July 15, 2021, Ruchell was denied parole for the 16th time. In 2023, Ruchell Magee signed a petition for compassionate release after incessant work to challenge the legitimacy of his imprisonment.
The under-funding of San Francisco’s Malcolm X Academy has led to a teacher shortage...
In 2023, in one of the most progressive cities in the country, Black residents are still fighting against separate and unequal distribution of resources to the local schools
Are Black people born with thicker skin?
This year they are having the Third Annual Shawn E’s Art & Jam. It’s a free family event happening on Aug. 12 that will feature local artists and vendors from all across the Bay.
It’s past time for us to demand the freedom of Imam Jamil Al-Amin!
Imam Jamil Al-Amin has been sitting and rotting away in a cement box, currently in Arizona, for the last 21 years, as retribution from the U.S. government for his past political career standing up - as H. Rap Brown - in the Black Power movement.
Free fruit trees for Oakland residents
Oakland has the lowest life expectancy in Alameda county, due to the poor air quality.
Bayview Hunters Point finally has its own farmers’ market – every Thursday
I plan to use mushrooms and plants to remediate the soil in Bayview and teach students how to grow oyster mushrooms and spread the mycelium: small scale projects, big victories
Karim ‘Hard Hitta’ Mayfield talks about the live amateur boxing event in Fillmore on...
Check out what San Francisco boxing legend Karim Hard Hitta Mayfield has to say in his own words.
‘Fantastic Negrito: Have you lost your mind yet?’ a review
Fantastic Negrito, having gone through many stages and names throughout his career, has understood the struggle one must go through to walk on the other side freer – more true to your being and the story you wish to tell.
Numskull’s View: Looking at the history of Bay Area Hip Hop
Numskull of the Luniz gets candid in this interview!
Annual Ohlone ‘Big Time’ Gathering & Pow Wow 2023
The struggle for Black Liberation and Native American Indian Decolonization go hand in hand.
Bill requiring state to house incarcerated parents close to their children passes Senate Public...
AB 1226 requires an incarcerated parent or legal guardian of a minor child be placed in a correctional facility that's closest to their child’s home