News Report • Anna ChalletRichmond will move forward with its plans to seize underwater mortgages using eminent domain, raising the stakes in a test case of whether a city can...
News Report, Malcolm MarshallRichmond High School senior Maribel Navarro remembers what it felt like to have to go to the emergency room every time she had an asthma attack, which...
By Antoinette J. EvansIf all goes according to plan, Richmond public schools -- and the students they serve -- will have something positive to...
Photo Essay, Luis Cubas [flagallery gid=7] For most, the word “anniversary” evokes memories of happy times. But on August 6th, the word took on an entirely different meaning in Richmond. It was...
by RP EditorsThe Richmond City Council voted 6 to 1 to prohibit private contractors that do business with the city from inquiring about past criminal convictions on printed and on-line...
Blog, Keyannie NorfordWhen George Zimmerman was found not guilty and acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, I was shocked. It completely confused me because this...
Report • Keyannie NorfordIn our community, when one has a loss, we all have a loss. Early Friday morning on July 5th, 911 received a call around 2:30am regarding a...
Commentary, Malcolm MarshallThe case of George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin has brought the topic of racial profiling to the front and center of our public discourse. Most often, the stories...
Interview, Dr. Joseph Marshall / Street Soldiers Radio Posted: Jul 16, 2013 Editor's Note: In an excerpt from an interview with Street Soldiers radio host Dr. Joseph Marshall, Oakland-based civil...
Question & Answer, Nicole HudleyEditor's Note: Last August, an explosion and fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif. sent a vaporized plume into the sky and into surrounding communities...
Commentary • Pendarvis HarshawOAKLAND, Calif. -- The crowd let out a monstrous applause just before the private screening of Fruitvale Station began inside Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre. The majority of...
News Feature, Adrienne ChaineyHappy Third of July, Richmond! As odd as it seems, the City of Richmond puts on their official fireworks show every year on the third and...
First Person, Rosa Solorzano, New America Media Posted: Jul 03, 2013Photo: Alvaro Mauricio Solorzano in his BART uniform, with his children outside their home in Pittsburg, Calif. circa 1980.OAKLAND –...
Photo Essay • Leah Andritsch, New America MediaLast weekend’s San Francisco Pride Parade came days after a Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied benefits...
