Article by Micky Duxbury.
Last updated at Tue, 19 Apr at 1:10am.

Can you imagine bringing the descendents of slaves and slave owners to the same table?  Or imagine Mississippi being a state that can teach us how to move forward in race relations?

Article by CB Smith-Dahl.
Last updated at Fri, 18 Mar at 7:11am.

Peter Kim is managing director at the East Bay Asian Youth Center. He helps to oversee and coordinate their Street Team Counseling Program and also runs Streetside Productions, a Youth Media program.

Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Sat, 5 Feb at 8:01am.

The most recent court hearing on the controversial issue of Oakland gang injunctions has, for the time being, resulted in an apparent victory for the defense.

Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Mon, 10 Jan at 1:35am.

A hearing regarding possible conflict of interest allegations in the ongoing Oakland gang injunctions saga has resulted in the judge issuing a non-ruling, until more evidence is presented.

Blog entry by Mike Siegel.
Last updated at Wed, 15 Dec at 9:04pm.

by Dan Siegel, Michael Siegel and Jose Luis Fuentes

Blog entry by Josh Healey.
Last updated at Fri, 12 Nov at 8:02am.

Youth Speaks is working in partnership with other Bay Area youth organizations to host a Youth Town Hall in the wake of the November 5th sentencing of Johannes Mehserle, the former BART Police Officer convicted of killing Oscar Grant.

Article by Wilson Riles.
Last updated at Tue, 26 Oct at 11:07pm.

I am trying to HOLD both my affection and respect for John Russo, as a thinking person, and my disappointment in what I see as another person implementing policies that speak more to their political aspirations than what’s best for Oakland. The decision to expand the gang injunction frustrates me tremendously.

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 27 Jul at 6:07am.

The Ella Baker Center is having an event Tuesday night that looks really worthwhile: