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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.

After California rejects prison labor ban, incarcerated firefighters battle wildfires

February 12, 2025 Prism Reports

Californians voted in November to support forced prison labor. Last month, those laborers helped put out the LA wildfires.

How the 2024 election looks for one first-time voter from Oakland

October 21, 2024 Alma Collins Dumas

Alma Collins Dumas, 18, shares her perspective of the 2024 elections as a first-time voter.

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Masks: Is it over?!

July 15, 2021 Kevonna Taylor

Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices alumna Kevonna Taylor shares how she feels about mask guidelines, especially now with variants. Now that California is slowly re-opening, and masks can come off for those who are vaccinated in

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Facial Freedom: An Escape from “Mask-ne”

June 14, 2021 Ryan Barba

Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices alumnus and Editor-in-Chief of The Peralta Citizen, Ryan Barba was an essential worker during the pandemic, requiring him to wear a mask many hours out of the day. Now that California

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Oakland schools start reopening next week

March 22, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

Schools to reopen with ‘equity’ in mind.

Alameda County pauses reopening plan, allows outdoor dining

July 20, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 cases have increased and delayed Alameda County’s reopening plans.

Alameda County placed on COVID-19 State Monitoring List

July 13, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Counties on the list subject to state-imposed restrictions.

Sweet and Bitter

January 8, 2018 Tonya Shipp

I’m leaving my $1400 – a-month two-bedroom rented house, locking my closet door; otherwise, known as my front door, with the leaky roof above it. I lock the two locks on my security door and

Going to Prison, Part III: Lam Tells His Story

February 11, 2013 Debora Gordon

By Debora Gordon On Sunday, December 9th, I headed back to prison. When I arrived, I learned the previous day’s lock down had been lifted. Many of the same visitors were there again. The woman