OPINION: Community Correspondent
WILL DURST: Will Durst here with one very good reason why a mosque should be allowed to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York. It’s called the First Amendment. You’ve heard of it: freedom of religion.
There’s also one very good reason why a mosque shouldn’t be built two blocks away...
A month ago, I was out of town and wasn’t following local news. It was weeks later that I finally read in detail about the killing of Jinghong Kang on the 1900-block of Webster Street in Oakland on July 18.
Déjà vu all over again, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, the legendary New York Yankee...
Last week’s decision to overturn Prop. 8 is still being celebrated by same-sex couples and gay rights advocates all across the Bay Area and California. The decision even had local comedian Will Durst in the celebrating mood – he sent us his thoughts in his latest dispatch.
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Police Chief Batts announced he will hold a crime summit in Oakland to ask federal agencies for help. The chief said he’ll meet with Northern California U.S. Attorney Joe Russoniello and federal agencies such as the DEA, ATF, ICE, and the FBI to ask for help in fighting Oakland’s outsized...
In Episode #3, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, discusses the Department’s new parole policies, the importance of research in guiding policy decisions, his prior work as Inspector General of the agency he now leads, his advice for the next...
In keeping with the Grant family’s appeal for calm, many people took a stand for justice and peace on the evening of the Mehserle verdict. Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) along with city agencies, violence prevention, faith-based, and youth groups and others comprising Oaklanders for...
The People v. Mehserle began in Los Angeles on June 10, 2010. The waters have been somewhat muddied, however, due to much of the mainstream media coverage surrounding this case.
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PART FIVE: Media Matters
The court system strives to make...
One of the world's most aggressive attempts to combat poverty and social injustice gathers this summer in Detroit, one of the U.S. cities most devastated by the economic and social crises that affect so many U.S. areas, including the Bay Area.
The U.S. Social Forum, June 22 - 26 in Detroit,...
De’andre Bailey, known as Dre to us in the Youth UpRising community, was born February 28, 1989. Raised primarily by his grandmother, he grew up never having met his father. In December 2005, he became a Youth UpRising Member. The next year, he lost his mother and, in grief, became entangled in the...
The overwhelming majority of the City of Oakland’s employees and officials are hardworking and dedicated. However, some appear to be unclear on the concept of public service. It seems that they think their jobs are not to serve Oakland citizens, but to make their lives more miserable. ...
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