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How an Oakland shoe designer is helping Black men heal from incarceration – Oaklandside

3.9.2023

Dieudonné Brou achieved success after prison with his company Koffi Noir. Now, he’s helping others do the same. by Brandy Collins March 9, 2023 There’s a saying that “clothes don’t make the man.” And while it’s true that a person’s
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Demonstrators demand justice, accountability after ‘horrific’ Tyre Nichols video – USA Today

1.29.2023

By John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz, Lucas Finton, Omer Yusuf | January 29, 2023 | USA Today MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Demonstrators outside a Memphis Police Department precinct demanded charges against an officer who’s seen firing what appears to be a
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Eight days, 25 dead: California shaken by string of mass shootings – The Guardian

1.25.2023

A series of four attacks have upended communities across the state, from a city to farming towns By Lois Beckett and Sam Levin | Jan, 25 2023 | The Guardian l the names of the dead from one California mass
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East Bay Reformers Got Their Progressive D.A. Now Comes the Hard Part – SF Chronicle

1.1.2023

By Justin Phillips | January 1, 2023 Pamela Price, the next district attorney of Alameda County, spent the early afternoon of Dec. 13 in a quiet Oakland conference room, fine-tuning a press release announcing her transition team. In between a
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With Oakland DA Win, Reformers Rebuild Strength in the Bay Area – Bolts Magazine

11.21.2022

Pamela Price, a civil rights attorney, won the DA race in California’s Alameda County after a campaign that promised to combat racial disparities and harsh sentencing. Piper French | November 21, 2022 Just months after its setback in a San
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