Megan Whelan, chairperson of the organization Gabriela, a Phillipine-based women's organization, spoke on Sunday. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
By Alicia Medina | April 18, 2018 9:00 am
Andrea Turner has been singing protest songs against war for four decades. On Sunday morning, she joined the Rally against “US Wars at Home and Abroad,” organized by a coalition called Spring Action 2018. At the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, speakers not only raised their concerns about American influence in the Philippines, Yemen or Syria, but...
By Caron Creighton Posted April 17, 2018 1:17 pm
In early April, members of The Village finally moved their first residents into what will...
By Jailyn Anderson Posted April 17, 2018 9:00 am
Gema Quetzal Cardenas was selected to serve as the 2018-2019 student representative on California’s State...
By Salina Nasir Posted April 13, 2018 1:41 pm
When Rafiullah Amiri, who had immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan, noticed that many...
By Vianey Alderete Posted April 12, 2018 9:00 am
Oakland schools are now in their second year of running a new testing process...
By Saemmool Lee Posted April 11, 2018 4:07 pm
On Tuesday afternoon, Mary Boergers, a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)’s...
By Jailyn Anderson Posted April 10, 2018 3:08 pm
On Thursday, a row of people carrying umbrellas gathered in downtown Oakland, standing in a...
By Hyowon Lihinag-Tam Posted April 10, 2018 10:36 am
For high school football players across the country, it’s an uphill battle as they strive...
By Alicia Medina Posted April 6, 2018 1:06 pm
Every morning in front of Melrose Leadership Academy, the same choreography is repeated: the uproar...
By Hyowon Lihinag-Tam Posted April 5, 2018 12:03 pm
On a bright Saturday morning, approximately 200 people gathered at the Boys and Girls Club...
By Saemmool Lee Posted April 4, 2018 9:00 am
Coco Coalition is a social enterprise dedicated helping women of the African diaspora to connect,...
By Alexa Hornbeck Posted April 3, 2018 12:57 pm
The Bay Area is sinking and climate change is speeding things up, according to a...
By Cecilia Lei Posted March 26, 2018 2:59 pm
On February 27, the Supreme Court overturned a 2013 ruling that allowed immigrants who have...
By Sybil Patten Posted March 23, 2018 11:38 am
Oakland Technical High School has had a library with no librarian for years. Recently, a...
By Caron Creighton Posted March 22, 2018 5:46 pm
Every sunny weekend since mid-January, volunteers have been building houses for the unsheltered residents of...
By Caron Creighton Posted March 21, 2018 7:04 pm
A number of community groups spoke at Tuesday’s Oakland City Council meeting in support of...
By Saemmool Lee Posted March 21, 2018 1:14 pm
Monday night local and international support groups gathered to discuss decriminalizing sex work and protecting...
By Jailyn Anderson Posted March 21, 2018 9:05 am
On March 10, students from seven schools in the Oakland Unified School District participated in...
By Lee Mengistu Posted March 20, 2018 1:35 pm
“Tale of Two Cities” is back! On this episode we bring you stories about the different...
By Saemmool Lee Posted March 19, 2018 9:41 pm
On Thursday morning, about 20 kindergarteners gathered together in front of the stage at the...
By Hyowon Lihinag-Tam Posted March 15, 2018 12:06 pm
Oakland High School is the first school within the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to...
By Salina Nasir Posted March 14, 2018 9:00 am
Tensions ran high at the BART Police Citizen Review Board (BPCRB) meeting on Monday as...
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Over 40,000 women and their allies spent Saturday, January 20, marching in Oakland to support the cause of women. Women's March Oakland organizers will focus on registering voters throughout the...
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