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Cinque’s View

August 13, 2018 Brenda Payton

The Oakland Voices 2017-2018 graduation from the unique perspective of Cinque Mubarak.

School to Prison to School Pipeline

July 24, 2018 Debora Gordon

Suspensions and bouncing back and forth between various schools, crack- addicted parents and grandparents, running away, physical abuse, early fatherhood (age 17), teen-age drug use, multiple arrests, several incarcerations in local, county and state jails

Building Community: Strength from the Roots (Fuerza de la Raíz)

March 20, 2018 Katharine Davies Samway

Getting to Know Each Other: About 10 people have already gathered when I arrive on a cool and sunny Saturday morning at Primera Iglesia Presbyteriana (1st Presbyterian Church) on High Street in Oakland. In a

Super Blue Blood Moon Over East Oakland

January 31, 2018 Howard Dyckoff

The Super Blue Blood Moon as it appeared over East Oakland

Shalita Williams, Unshackled

January 11, 2018 Debora Gordon

Shalita Williams, recalls some early brushes with the law. “I started coming in contact with the law when I was 14, when I was caught stealing at Woolworth’s. I wanted to see if I

Cascos Martial Arts Academy – A Photo Essay

June 15, 2017 =

Oakland Voices wins prestigious Society of Professional Journalists’ award

October 26, 2016 Brenda Payton

Four Oakland Voices correspondents awarded by Society of Professional Journalists.

On the way to new prison “home,” Lam Vo sees outside world for the first time in seven years

October 17, 2016 Debora Gordon

“I’m told Tehachapi does snow, so I can’t wait to see the hills powdered with pure white snow. It will be a wonderful sight that I have not seen in a long time since going

Black men counter media perception with ‘DetermiNation’

November 26, 2014 Saa'un Bell

The grand jury decision in Ferguson to not indict police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, has left the hearts of the African-American community reeling—nationwide, and in Oakland, sending the message that black lives do