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  • Oakland Awarded More than $14 Million in State Funding

    Direct state investments in city programs can revitalize Oakland’s commercial corridors and foster economic growth, strengthen community violence prevention strategies, and expand transitional housing, while supporting cherished community spaces, according to a city media statement.

  • Jendayi Arrest Raises Community Concerns Regarding Sheriff’s Chain of Command

    Judge Sandra K. Bean ordered a legally inherited home to be taken from beneficiary Jendayi, citing “undue influence,” and gave it to Court Administrator Phillip Campbell, who Jendayi believes will quickly sell the house and pay himself more than $600,000 in court fees. The disinherited sisters will get the remainder of the proceeds of the sale.

  • Marin County Supes Expand Small Business Options with Home Kitchen Pilot Program

    “This will deliver immediate financial relief to entrepreneurs in areas like Marin City, West Marin and the Canal neighborhood, removing barriers right where economic opportunity is needed the most,” said Shannon Bell, consumer protection supervisor with Marin County Environmental Health Services, at the meeting.

  • Allen Temple Baptist Church Hosts Free Prostate Cancer Screenings on Oct. 17

    The summit’s mission is to reduce the impact of prostate cancer through education, early detection, research, and support. It is presented in partnership with The Oakland Institute of Health, Inc., SCAN, Brotherhood of Elders Network, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Alameda County Public Health Department, Stanford Medicine Cancer Center, Impact Oakland Now, Bay Area Umoja Health, Bay Area Black Nurses Association, Inc., and 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc.

  • AC Transit Labor Unions Back Director Joel Young

    ATU Local 192 Vice President Nathaniel Arnold stated “our support reflects confidence in Young's leadership and experience as the longest-serving member of AC Transit’s current Board of Directors. His experience is particularly important as AC Transit confronts serious fiscal challenges while working to preserve and strengthen service.

  • Unclaimed money in your name? Find it in 5 minutes for free

    One in seven Americans has money sitting in a state account with their name on it, and most of them have no idea it exists. That estimate comes from the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, which reports that states returned more than $4.49 billion to rightful owners in a single recent fiscal year. The The post Unclaimed money in your name? Find it in 5 minutes for free appeared first on Rolling Out.

Frozen Out: What the Green Card Freeze Does, and Doesn’t Do, for Black American Workers
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Frozen Out: What the Green Card Freeze Does, and Doesn’t Do, for Black American Workers

THE SHORT VERSION• On October 8, 2026, the Labor Department suspended eight companies from PERM, the labor-certification step of the employment-based green card process: Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. This is not only an “Indian IT” action.• The suspension hits the green card step. It does not cancel H-1B jobs, so...
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Seven Percent Is the Wrong Number to Panic About
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Seven Percent Is the Wrong Number to Panic About

On October 2, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Black unemployment rose from 6.0 percent to 7.0 percent in a single month [1][2]. The takes arrived on schedule. One camp called it a crisis. The other called it statistical static and went back to lunch. Both were wrong in ways that matter, and both...
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The Payroll Problem Nobody’s Budgeting For
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The Payroll Problem Nobody’s Budgeting For

How full AI deployment quietly rewires American tax revenue and what workers and governments should do about it now Every layer of American government — federal, state, county, city — runs on an assumption baked so deep into the tax code that nobody debates it anymore: people work, get paid, and get taxed on it....
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The Weight of a Sentence: Justice, Race, and the Institutions We Keep Excusing
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The Weight of a Sentence: Justice, Race, and the Institutions We Keep Excusing

Four incidents. Two of them fatal, both fully adjudicated in court. Latasha Harlins, shot in Los Angeles in 1991. Cyrus Carmack-Belton, shot in South Carolina in 2023. Thirty-two years apart, same underlying script: a mistaken accusation of petty theft, a young Black person turning to leave, a gun going off anyway. The non-fatal versions, the...
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Know Your Roots, Know Your Rights
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Know Your Roots, Know Your Rights

This guide is for people whose families were enslaved in America. It explains, in simple words, what laws already protect you, what new programs are being built just for you, and what steps you can take today. It also explains one big idea that trips a lot of people up: being Black in America is...
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From Ballots to Algorithms: A Ground-Level Look at Power, Policy, and the Fight for Black Political Voice
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From Ballots to Algorithms: A Ground-Level Look at Power, Policy, and the Fight for Black Political Voice

There’s a feeling a lot of people can’t quite shake right now. It’s not just frustration. It’s not just political fatigue. It’s something deeper, a quiet recognition that the rules of the game are being rewritten while most people are still being told everything is working as it should. When people talk about Project 2025, court...
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The Budget Nobody’s Talking About: And Why Your Family Should Be Worried
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The Budget Nobody’s Talking About: And Why Your Family Should Be Worried

Washington just rewrote the rules of American life. Most people haven’t noticed yet. But in a few years, millions of families will wonder what happened. The FY2026 budget proposal isn’t just another set of numbers. It’s a fundamental rewiring of what the federal government does, and more importantly, what it doesn’t do anymore. According to the White...
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Frisco’s H-1B Controversy: Allegations, Evidence, and What It Signals for the U.S. Labor and Immigration System
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Frisco’s H-1B Controversy: Allegations, Evidence, and What It Signals for the U.S. Labor and Immigration System

FRISCO, Texas — What began as a heated public debate in one of North Texas’ fastest-growing cities has expanded into a broader national conversation about immigration oversight, labor markets, and the integrity of the federal H-1B visa program. Allegations that certain companies in the region may have used shell businesses to sponsor foreign workers have...
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When a Government Turns on Its People, Some Americans Recognize It First
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When a Government Turns on Its People, Some Americans Recognize It First

Americans often speak about the government turning on its citizens as a future risk. For Native Americans and Black Americans, it has long been a lived reality. Any honest discussion of power in the United States must begin with that uncomfortable truth: America’s founders warned of tyranny even as they built a system that excluded...
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The Origins of Humanity: Where Science Meets Spirit
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The Origins of Humanity: Where Science Meets Spirit

For centuries, humankind has asked three timeless questions: Where did we come from? Why are we here? What makes us human? Today, science can trace our biological footprints across time, while faith continues to illuminate the moral and spiritual dimensions of our being. This post explores humanity’s origins through both lenses, the scientific and the...
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  • Oakland Awarded More than $14 Million in State Funding

    Direct state investments in city programs can revitalize Oakland’s commercial corridors and foster economic growth, strengthen community violence prevention strategies, and expand transitional housing, while supporting cherished community spaces, according to a city media statement.

  • Jendayi Arrest Raises Community Concerns Regarding Sheriff’s Chain of Command

    Judge Sandra K. Bean ordered a legally inherited home to be taken from beneficiary Jendayi, citing “undue influence,” and gave it to Court Administrator Phillip Campbell, who Jendayi believes will quickly sell the house and pay himself more than $600,000 in court fees. The disinherited sisters will get the remainder of the proceeds of the sale.

  • Marin County Supes Expand Small Business Options with Home Kitchen Pilot Program

    “This will deliver immediate financial relief to entrepreneurs in areas like Marin City, West Marin and the Canal neighborhood, removing barriers right where economic opportunity is needed the most,” said Shannon Bell, consumer protection supervisor with Marin County Environmental Health Services, at the meeting.

  • Allen Temple Baptist Church Hosts Free Prostate Cancer Screenings on Oct. 17

    The summit’s mission is to reduce the impact of prostate cancer through education, early detection, research, and support. It is presented in partnership with The Oakland Institute of Health, Inc., SCAN, Brotherhood of Elders Network, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Alameda County Public Health Department, Stanford Medicine Cancer Center, Impact Oakland Now, Bay Area Umoja Health, Bay Area Black Nurses Association, Inc., and 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Inc.

  • AC Transit Labor Unions Back Director Joel Young

    ATU Local 192 Vice President Nathaniel Arnold stated “our support reflects confidence in Young's leadership and experience as the longest-serving member of AC Transit’s current Board of Directors. His experience is particularly important as AC Transit confronts serious fiscal challenges while working to preserve and strengthen service.

  • Unclaimed money in your name? Find it in 5 minutes for free

    One in seven Americans has money sitting in a state account with their name on it, and most of them have no idea it exists. That estimate comes from the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, which reports that states returned more than $4.49 billion to rightful owners in a single recent fiscal year. The The post Unclaimed money in your name? Find it in 5 minutes for free appeared first on Rolling Out.

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