Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices is seeking 10 new correspondents for our 2014 East Oakland class. Applications will be available May 1, 2014. View Oakland Voices Summer 2014 target area in a larger map

By Oakland Voices contributor Cameron Wilson OAKLAND, CA —  On a crisp fall night, in the Sister Thea Bowman Memorial Theater, Ayodele Nzinga portrays mystic heroine Aunt Esther Tyler in August Wilson’s play Gem of

My grandson Willie Junior is named after my son, Willie Tatmon, III, who was murdered three years ago in West Oakland. Willie Junior remembers his father well: the way his father played with him. They’d

DIARY OF A FIEND: A FAST-FOOD JUNKIE KICKS THE HABIT
By Dawneka Akins
This entry is part of my 31-day journey giving up some of the unhealthy eating habits I’ve had for most of my life. Fast food is everywhere – on every corner, on TV, and on huge billboards all over the city. For me, eating well with a low income, no car, and limited time is difficult. Dodging bad food – all I’ve known for 21 years – has become one of the biggest challenges of my life.

By Oakland Voices contributor Sultanah Corbett OAKLAND, CA – In early September, four advocates from Oakland’s Allen Temple AIDS Ministries made their way to Harare, Zimbabwe to continue the work and vision of the late

Pictures from downtown Oakland as the city reacts to the Mehserle sentencing for the murder of Oscar Grant III.