Arts & Culture
Prisoner and Accomplished Writer Jermon Clark Shares His Story
An Oakland man is seeking healing through writing. […]
Month: January 2021
COVID-19
COVID Cases Start to Drop but ICU Cases Remain High
What you need to know about COVID in Oakland right now. […]
Feature
What We Learned From Last Year: “Missed opportunities for joy and delight will never be overlooked again”
The pandemic has taught us to not take a single thing for granted. […]
COVID-19
Stay-at-home orders lifted, but COVID-19 still with us
COVID-19 hospitalizations are predicted to decline. […]
Arts & Culture
2021’s Wednesdays: Georgia’s win, Black women organizers, and Poetry
“[Organizing] is something people dedicate hours of their lives to training to do, and then more importantly, leaders sacrifice their lives to doing it right.” – Cat Brooks […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 Did Not Get the Best of Me: How I Rapturously Dealt With the Pandemic
Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp shares her experience of what life has been like since the pandemic. […]
COVID-19
Vaccine recalled by state not distributed in Alameda County
COVID-19 still widespread in Oakland, Alameda County. […]
COVID-19
New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland
Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond. […]
COVID-19
Oakland nears 20,000 COVID cases; Coliseum might be vaccination site
COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand. […]
Education
Bringing the Political into the Classroom
“For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.”” […]