Oakland Pastors Support Palestinian Struggle

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Fighting Fires With People: Seven Oakland Firefighters Talk About the...

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Binta Ayofemi is an Innovator Reclaiming Spaces for Black Art

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Emotional Commemorative Ceremony in Honor of Oakland Journalist Chauncey Bailey

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COVID Zooming, Blooming, and Mostly Not Dooming

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One Family’s Journey Through OUSD School Closures

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State, Alameda County Ease Indoor Masking Requirements Starting Feb. 16

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Oakland Youth Artist Daria Belle Shares Her Artistic Process

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Kids COVID Vaccine Requirements

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Should We Prepare for a Winter COVID Surge?

As concerts return, so do health and safety concerns

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Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan killed by motorist

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Arts & Culture

Oakland Pastors Support Palestinian Struggle
Sami Abu Shehadeh is one of only 10 Palestinian legislators in the 120-member Israeli Knesset (Parliament), even though Palestinians make up 20% of Israel’s citizens. Recently, he toured the[Read more]
- “Ghetto Gospel” EP Release on 4/20 at Oakstop Will be Vibe Muzik’s Debut
- Binta Ayofemi is an Innovator Reclaiming Spaces for Black Art
- Oakland Voices Alumna Ayodele Nzinga Featured in ‘The New Yorker’ Film “The Game[Read more]
- Thanksgiving came early for unhoused East Oaklanders Thanks to Feed the Hood 19
- As concerts return, so do health and safety concerns
- Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Marabet Morales Sikahall Joins Chapter 510
- Talk of the Town: What do you love about Oakland’s food culture?
- Local Acts and Treats Found at Outside Lands 2021 This Weekend
Education

Oakland City Council, Youth Commission Highlight Unhoused Youth Voices and Issues
On Monday, April 25, Oakland City Council held a special meeting with the Youth Advisory Commission to give an informational report on youth homelessness in Oakland. Nationally each year,[Read more]
- Oakland Schools Closed and Port Shut Down To Protest Closures and Privatization
- Markham Elementary Celebrates Living Schoolyard That Was Over Two Decades in the Making
- “The Town Talks:” A New Show Launches in Oakland, and the Journalists are[Read more]
- OUSD’s New Mask Policy Starts Monday
- One Family’s Journey Through OUSD School Closures
- School Closures Will Impact Oakland’s Most Vulnerable Students: Disproportionately Low-income, Special Education, and[Read more]
- Oakland Students, Teachers, Community Mobilize to Oppose District Plan to Permanently Close Schools
- OUSD Creates List of Schools To Be Targeted for Closure
Masks We Wear

Masks: Is it over?!
Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices alumna Kevonna Taylor shares how she feels about mask guidelines, especially now with variants. Now that California is slowly re-opening, and masks can come off[Read more]
- Facial Freedom: An Escape from “Mask-ne”
- Confessions of a Maskhole
- Welcome to Las Vegas: My family searches for home in the midst of[Read more]
- Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown
- Masks will be around for a while, sew I’ll keep making them
- COVID-19: Different Masks for Different Situations
- With COVID-19 masks mandatory, smiles more important
- Wearing a COVID-19 mask triggers my trauma