December 12, 2012
By Katherine Brown - So what makes a neighborhood unhealthy? Is it limited access to fresh produce? Is it a liquor store on every corner? Or is it the speeding cars that zip up and down MacArthur Avenue every evening?
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VIDEO: Health of the Hood – What Makes the Mills College Neighborhood Unhealthy?
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Health of the Hood: The Dimond & Laurel Districts
December 12, 2012
By Jian Di Liang - Greens relaxes us in busy life. It is nice to live in a neighborhood that can see greens everywhere , such as on the sidewalk and at people’s yards. Along the neighborhood, diverse restaurants satisfies us of having different kinds of food. It is really convenient to get daily supplies as liquid stores, gas stations, food markets, beauty salons and supply stores are nearby.
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Oakland Teacher Brings Class, Comfort to Sick Students in Homes & Hospitals
December 12, 2012
By Debora Gordon - What happens when a school age child is unable to attend school because of a health condition? Through California’s Home & Hospital programs, where teachers visit students who will be out for a month or longer, including those who may never be able to attend. The teacher goes to the student’s home or bedside in the hospital, and instruction takes place there.
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VIDEO: Pictures of Health in Our Bay Area Communities
December 12, 2012
By Ronald Owens - What’s healthy about our community? What’s not healthy about it? How can we improve it? These questions were posed to patrons of the Oakland Museum of California at the institution’s free First Sunday on December 2, 2012. I also solicited an opinion on Oakland from a man on the street in downtown Berkeley.
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Rob Parker Suspended Over RGIII Remarks
December 14, 2012
ESPN pundit questioned quarterback's blackness; school shooting moves ethics questions up front; in '80s, Obama says, he'd be called moderate Republican; given African past, Rice "absolutely" made right call; 2nd fired Shreveport reporter "trying to "lie low"; China Daily establishes African edition; magazine publishes mug shots even for petty crimes; right-to-work laws originated with segregationists. (12/14/12)ESPN Pundit Questioned Quarterback's Blackness
School Shooting Moves Ethics Questions Up Front
In '80s, Obama Says, He'd Be Called Moderate Republican
Given African Past, Rice "Absolutely" Made Right Call
2nd Fired Shreveport Reporter "Trying to "Lie Low"
China Daily Establishes African Edition
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Radio Host Pulls Smiley's Chain
December 17, 2012
Story on "cease-and-desist" demand circulates; Unity groups choose "diversity," not "of color"; thorny issues collide in Newtown shooting tragedy; Cathy Hughes, Tarantino say they like movie killings; blacks' weaker job networks a factor in joblessness; writers call ESPN's "First Take" part of the problem; Rhonda Gillespie named M.E. of Chicago Defender; lawyer says meteorologist has weak case on firing; black critics pick "Zero Dark Thirty" as top picture (12/17/12)Returning Dec. 24 except for breaking news
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East Oakland Poet ‘Bossman’ Puts in Work to Heal, Teach
December 18, 2012
By Katrina Davis - “My name is Dre, aka Duke the Bossman – MC, host, artist, educator.” Just a few of the ways East Oakland spoken word poet Dre Johnson describes himself. However, for the sake of this piece and your sanity, I will refer to him by just his first name, Dre.
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The Hustle: Homemade Jewelry, Just to Get By
December 19, 2012
By Sheila Blandon - Ivet Castro is a 20-year old immigrant Mexican woman living in Oakland with hopes to improve her living circumstances and help her mother at the same time. Castro is fluent in English, and is a waitress at a Chinese restaurant.
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Recovery
December 19, 2012
By Sabirah Mustafa - Tell me / What is recovery? / Is it what you recover from? / Like the opposite of subtraction that uncovers a sum? / Or,/ Is it what you recover to? / Like a transparent explanation previously misconstrued?
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Snail Mail Part I: Friends That Would Die For You
December 19, 2012
By Debora Gordon - On July 15, using the California Inmate Locator website, I wrote a letter to Lam, asking if he was my student. I didn’t receive an answer until the end of August, although he wrote his letter on July 29th.
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Snail Mail Part II: A Mellow or a Violent Guy?
December 19, 2012
By Debora Gordon - It is a strange way to get acquainted or re-acquainted with someone, through postal mail filtered by the prison mail system. With every page is stamped “State Prison” on both sides of the page, and knowing that another set of eyes – perhaps with interest, perhaps with total dispassion – is reading words intended for someone else.
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Snail Mail Part III: Is Forgiveness for the Victim or the Forgiven?
December 19, 2012
By Debora Gordon - On a more personal level than the criminal justice system, many of us on the “outside” also seek redress for harm done. In the school system, of late, there has been a focus on a process called restorative justice, which in part is a mediated discussion between the wrong-doer and the victim, as part of the healing process for both. I am interested in the concept of forgiveness, if it is possible, if it is for the forgiver or the forgiven, the victim or the offender.
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PHOTOS: Health of the Hood – Eastlake, Toxic & Under Construction
December 19, 2012
By Edward Cervantes - Lake Merritt has four main residential areas: the Lakeside Apartments District, in the area around Jackson and Madison Streets; Adams Point/Grand Lake, off Grand Avenue and behind the Grand Lake Theater; Haddon Hill/Cleveland Heights, off Lakeshore Avenue; and the area below 18th Street, on the southeast side of the Lake.
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PHOTOS: Health of the Hood – Maxwell Park
December 19, 2012
By Katrina Davis - The things that make Maxwell Park unhealthy are few and far between, but there nonetheless. Recently a store promoting lower prices replaced a grocery store on MacArthur. Even though the prices are better, the quality of the food has also gone down.Sometimes if you aren’t careful you can pick up a batch of moldy strawberries, or in my case a slab of moldy cheese.
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A Message to Oakland: Love’s in Need of Love Today
December 19, 2012
By Katherine Brown - Stevie could not have penned words any more true than the lyrics of this song. I’d like to believe that Stevie must have been thinking about – or at least foreseen things in – my city when he wrote this. With the senseless acts of crime and violence that occur in The Town almost everyday, the heartache and pain that lies in its wake dim the light of hope, positivity, and love of the community and the folks in it.
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PHOTOS: BART Life
December 19, 2012
By Katrina Davis - BART is usually seen as just a way to get around the Bay Area. You get on, put your ticket in (or swipe your Clipper card), take a ride and, bam! you’re on your way.
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It's Time for Ordinary People To Lead Discussion on Guns
December 20, 2012
My first job out of college was in Bakersfield, Calif., far from the Northeast where I was born and raised.
There were a multitude of differences that required not only an adjustment but also a complete recalibration of what I expected from the world. Bakersfield was far from a culture of Sunday brunches, The New York Times and Woody Allen-loving moviegoers. In those early 1980s, New Yorkers were still unabashed Allen fans.
By far the biggest difference was the everyday role that guns played in the lives of many friends and colleagues.
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