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Media stereotypes and crime reporting doesn’t help public safety

October 19, 2024 Amani Hamed

Journalists and community members gathered in Oakland on September 12 to discuss public safety, news coverage, and racial stereotypes.

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Arts & Culture

Everett and Jones Barbeque Celebrates 50 years of Sauce, Stories, and Flavor 

September 15, 2023 Brandy Collins

Shirley Everett-Dicko credits community, large family, and an Asian community connection for helping start the barbecue chain

"There Are Black People in the Future." A part of Oakland Museum of CA's "Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism" exhibit. Photo by Brandy Collins.
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OMCA’s “Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism” is the Story of Survivors in the Future

August 19, 2021 Brandy Collins

Our correspondent Brandy Collins checks out OMCA’s exhibit on Afrofuturism.

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Oakland surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 cases

May 26, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Oakland has surpassed the 1,000 mark in coronavirus cases.

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Race and Equity Demands for Black Oakland

May 1, 2020 Oakland Voices

Letter: Alameda County should immediately increase access to testing and treatment in the African American community.

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The Black New Deal for Oakland: COVID-19 Demands

April 25, 2020 Oakland Voices

A group of Black organizations and leaders in Oakland released “The Black New Deal,” a list of demands related to COVID-19’s impact on African Americans.

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Nail Salon Owners’ New Strategy to Go Green & Improve Relations with Black Clients

January 23, 2013 Katherine Brown

By Katherine Brown It amazes me how priorities change as you grow older. Feats and experiences that seem so trivial now, meant the world to me as an adolescent. One activity in particular was getting

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