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Two Journalistic communities tour Oakland

March 18, 2015 Erick Chavarria

Being the first newspaper in the country to have an African-American editor, The Oakland Tribune carries a tradition of diversity. Today we see this tradition continued through the Oakland Voices program it started a few

There’s so much more to Oakland

March 18, 2015 Sara Rowley

Taking a tour of my own city isn’t something I’ve done before, but something everyone should do once in their life. I’m slowly piecing together the places, the people, the history of this fascinating city

Oakland: Through a Tourist’s Lens

March 18, 2015 Sandra Muniz

On March 14, the correspondents of Oakland Voices and Sacramento Voices came together in Oakland to meet and discover the city. While driving through Oakland, we stopped at historic places that contributed to the evolution

This is Why I Hella Love Oakland

March 18, 2015 Sergio Martinez

It’s not often that I play tour guide in my hometown of Oakland. Usually when family or friends visit they want to see iconic places like the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and Fisherman’s Wharf,

Festival Food Favorite Finds a Home in Fruitvale

March 11, 2015 Tiffany Lacsado

Gone are the days of waiting patiently for the next Pacific Islander family event, Pacific Islander festival or outdoor Reggae concert to enjoy Polynesian comfort food at its finest. Mo’s Hut opened its doors in

Transgendercide of women of color drives young trans woman to suicide

March 5, 2015 Erick Chavarria

The disproportionate number of Trans non-White women who have been killed was on the mind of Aubrey Mariko, 22, on February 24th as she published her last Facebook update, a photograph of her knee

The InterTribal Friendship House: A Tradition of Growing

February 20, 2015 Sara Rowley

It’s a sunny and clear Valentine’s Day morning, and young and old arrive at the InterTribal Friendship House (or IFH) to ready the community garden for spring. There are trays of seedlings that need to

Oakland talks ABC’s Asian-American Family Sitcom: “Fresh off the Boat”

February 10, 2015 Saa'un Bell

Fresh off the boat? No, actually, my mom hopped off a plane with me and my brother clinging to her legs. Perhaps it was her lack of English, America’s lack of Tagalog, and the resulting

Healing from the scars and sin of racism is ongoing

January 28, 2015 Tom Webb

When Illinois Senator Barack Hussein Obama was elected president of the United States in 2008 to great fanfare, it was popularly believed the United States had exorcized the demons of racism from its national

The Spirit of MLK’s Dream Alive in East Oakland

January 20, 2015 Tom Webb

[slideshow_deploy id=’7803′] Celebrating the 86th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth, East Oakland residents of District 7 organized an annual street clean-up and tree-planting. More than 150 people from the neighborhood, East Oakland