2021 - Page 11 of 11 - Oakland Voices

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COVID-19 Did Not Get the Best of Me: How I Rapturously Dealt With the Pandemic

January 19, 2021 Tonya Shipp

Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp shares her experience of what life has been like since the pandemic.

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Vaccine recalled by state not distributed in Alameda County

January 19, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 still widespread in Oakland, Alameda County.

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New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland

January 15, 2021 Howard Dyckoff

Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond.

Oakland nears 20,000 COVID cases; Coliseum might be vaccination site

January 14, 2021 Momo Chang

COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand.

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Bringing the Political into the Classroom

January 13, 2021 Debora Gordon

“For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.””

Alameda County faces ‘biggest surge of COVID-19 cases’ since pandemic began

January 11, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

Stay home and wear a mask — if you can.

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What We Learned From Last Year – Oakland Voices Correspondents Reflect on 2020

January 8, 2021 Oakland Voices

Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, Brandy Collins, Howard Dyckoff, and Debora Gordon reflect on the lessons from 2020. Brandy Collins

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Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A Pandemic

January 5, 2021 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross

Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, poet/writer Aqueila M. Lewis reflects on what a year 2020 has been for her

COVID-19 Cases Surged in Oakland in December

January 4, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 cases surged in Oakland in December 2020.