A bold protest banner hangs across the Lake Merritt amphitheater, where workshops teach community self-reliance. (Tower/Sarah Carpenter)Oakland organizations band together to teach self-reliance...

Black, brown relations with police get hearing Hundreds of Oakland residents and community organizers gathered with elected officials on Jan. 24. at Oakland City Hall for a town hall meeting to discuss...

What began as a dreary fewshow event, billed as “Law Enforcement on Campus” Dec. 3 in the Forum, evolved into a spirited dialog between students and representatives of law enforcement at Laney and...

With the steadily increasing friction between police officers and civilians due to the recent string of violent and fatal incidences, reform seems to be inevitable as it is a growing focal point for the...

I remember when the Internet came to my house, I was in middle school. Now I’m 27 and it wasn’t until last year that I owned my first computer. It was given to me as a birthday gift by a friend who...