May 21, 2020
By Charlene Muhammad California Black Media Early data is showing cities in California with some of the hardest-to-count census tracts are among places with above-average U.S. Census response rates so far. Many of them are areas...
Oct 26, 2018
A racial justice advocacy group announced this week that it is making available $265,000 in grants to support six racial justice organizations to mobilize voters to get to the polls in Alameda County. Akonadi Foundation President Lateefah Simon, who also serves on the...
Oct 19, 2018
NBC News By Bay City NewsWe got power in our veins. Those were the words of young Oakland poet Anatasia King, who kicked off an hour-long panel discussion on voter turnout among young people held tonight in Oakland. King’s words mirrored the message of the five...
Jan 2, 2018
Ball Park Digest by Zach Spedden on November 18, 2017 in Major-League Baseball, News Over 80% of respondents to a new poll favor the Oakland A’s remaining at the current Coliseum site, instead of building a new ballpark at the team’s preferred location near Laney...
Nov 28, 2017
Oakland Post The ballpark would be built at the current site of the Peralta Community College District headquarters, across the street from Laney College. Oakland Rising, an alliance of nine Oakland grassroots groups, conducted a poll of 2,526 registered voters...
Nov 18, 2017
Oakland Rising Director Jessamy Sabbag appeared on KTVU news this week to talk about the proposed A’s new stadium. [Watch the segment] When asked about the proposed location and the reasons for pushback, Sabbag commented “first and foremost, we’re...
