Immigration
People from around the Bay Area gathered at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in downtown Oakland on Sunday to create art and signs protesting the Trump administration’s travel ban. “It’s a really discouraging time right now,” said Raeshma Razvi, director of IC3: Incubating Creativity, Community and Civic Engagement, which put on the event. “Events like this show that a lot of us are together. [It’s about] strengthening and amplifying Muslim-American voices.” The most recent version of the travel…
East Bay Liberians look on as Liberia holds pivotal presidential election.
A new law bars the expansion of for-profit immigration detention facilities in California, marking strong opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to expand detention centers and ramp up deportations.
Syrian refugees in the Bay Area are struggling in rebuilding their lives with the language barrier.
Specialty Foods, Inc., Oakland’s first African grocery, marks 40 years in business.
Pyeongtaek became the first South Korean city that Oakland has formed a friendship relationship with.
Yemeni corner store owners debate whether to continue selling alcohol because of religious reasons when it is an anchor product that supports their extended family.
Vietnamese-American writer, Andrew Lam, author of “Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese diaspora” and “Birds of Paradise Lost” spoke at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on Tuesday about his experiences growing up as a refugee in the United States.
After years of waiting and yearning, more than 1,300 immigrants from 95 countries became United States citizens at a ceremony held at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland last Tuesday morning.