Slender brown legs stretch over a velvety cushioned pew knobby knees and shiny black shoes click keeping the beat of drums my tiny head bobs back and forth while i hum the tune to a […]
The changes are everywhere, from skyrocketing rents to a vibrant Uptown, from complaints about choir practice to barbecue permits at Lake Merritt. The Oakland Voices correspondents took a look at the changes in Oakland and […]
What I’d like to talk about is the attitude that has changed in the city of Oakland. In our neighborhoods—East Oakland, West Oakland, North Oakland—in all of our neighborhoods there seems to be a new […]
What is there to say about the latest changes in our city and whether those changes are affecting or how they will affect the East sector of Oakland? It’s been predicted that the changes will […]
Gaylynne Hudson is one ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher who doesn’t understand the word, “No.” When changes in the state laws led to significant cuts in Oakland’s ESL programs, many of her […]
The history of nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement — its past, present, and future — will be tangible when two leading figures of the era – Dr. Clayborne Carson and Dr. Clarence B. Jones, […]
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