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December 17, 2025
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Oakland Voices publishes the perspectives and views of those who live, work, play, and pray in Oakland.

If you’d like to contribute an opinion article or letter, review our Community Voices submissions guidelines. 

 

Opinion

Organizing Black women: An Interview with LaNiece Jones

December 16, 2025 California Black Media

LaNiece Jones said the “ongoing political gaslighting of Black communities–especially Black women–has been deeply frustrating” this year.

Community Voices

Book excerpt: Soul Medicine for a Fractured World

December 4, 2025 Liza Rankow

An excerpt from Dr. Liza J. Rankow’s “Soul Medicine for a Fractured World.”

Community Voices

Book Excerpt: Prose to the People by Katherine Anne Mitchell

November 13, 2025 Katie Mitchell

Prose to the People celebrates Black bookstores, like Marcus Books, the nation’s oldest Black bookstore.

Community Voices

Book excerpt: Resilient Voices by Khariyyah Shabazz

October 5, 2025 Khariyyah Shabazz

Khariyyah Shabazz is the author of “Resilient Voices.”

Orange and white tent with letters asking, "Where do we go, Oakland?"
Opinion

Banning services for unhoused people makes homelessness worse 

October 3, 2025 Jed Leano and Cal Matters

Criminalizing homelessness does not solve the issue, it makes it harder for people to survive.

Community Voices

Book Excerpt: Mam History by Javier Armas

October 2, 2025 Javier Armas

Mam History is a written resource for Mayan-Mam students and history enthusiasts from all backgrounds.

Letters

Letter: NAACP police recruitment plan is about public relations, not public safety

October 1, 2025 Desley Brooks

Oakland residents deserve real public safety solutions, not PR, former City Councilmember says.

Opinion

Opinion: Still time to stop Governor Newsom’s planned transit funding cuts

June 10, 2025 Amy Thomson

Governor Newsom’s draft budget slashes transit funding. But there’s still time to fix it.

Opinion

Opinion: Alameda County must finally implement Measure C for our children

June 9, 2025 Bry'Ana Wallace

Measure C must be implemented to increase access to child care services for Alameda County families.

george floyd plaza mural
Opinion

Opinion: Five years after George Floyd, Trump still protects ‘killer cops’

June 5, 2025 Cat Brooks

In this moment, people must organize against fascism.

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