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Lead has been found in Oakland schools’ water, and the response by school district officials has been inadequate. …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …

This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland …

On January 5, an electrical fire broke out in the basement of an 18-unit apartment …

In response to the state of Israel’s horrific, genocidal brutality against the Palestinian people, hundreds …

The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit …

On May 4 teachers in Oakland, California, went on a seven-day strike that ended with …

Workers at the Rockridge Trader Joe’s in Oakland, California, voted on April 20 in favor …

The Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in the fall of 1966 in Oakland, California, …

This article is from the Speak Out Now newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). …

On Wednesday, January 11th, the School Board for the Oakland Unified School District voted to keep the five schools open that were originally under plans to be shut down at the end of this school year. …

The struggle to keep the school doors open may not be easy, but it is winnable. But it will take an even larger, more organized and continued mobilization by Oakland parents, students, teachers and staff to win this fight. …

It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since …

The school I work at and love was experiencing hardship long before the pandemic. We almost never had soap or paper towels in classrooms or bathrooms. And now things are worse. …

Rent is a new concept in human history and one of our modern era’s biggest crimes. Let’s end rent! …

Poetry from an Oakland Kaiser Worker …