Jan 9th, 2009 · Community outrage erupted onto the streets of Oakland this week in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man, by a white officer. Rioters torched city property and caused extensive damage to neighborhood businesses and parked cars. When the dust settled, at least 100 were in police custody.
Jan 5th, 2009 · President-elect Barack Obama has announced one of the presidential inauguration balls will be a Neighborhood Ball "open to our new neighborhood here in Washington, D.C." D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says she hopes this means Obama will sign a measure that will grant the District of Columbia voting rights.
Jan 5th, 2009 · As President-elect Barack Obama makes plans for change at the nation's capitol, communities closer to the center of power are hoping for some help. In Ward 8, one of the poorest communities in Washington, D.C., residents are optimistic.
Dec 27th, 2008 · They fight in neighborhoods they describe as being like "a mouthful of broken teeth" — a burned-out building here, an abandoned home there. Calling themselves "urban warriors," Detroit's firefighters face a landscape that grows more treacherous as the city's vacancy rate climbs.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Coordinated terrorist attacks have killed over one hundred people in Mumbai, India. More than 300 people are injured. The crisis has forced residents to stay inside their homes and watch the attacks in their neighborhood on TV. Arif Doctor, who lives close to one of the hotels under siege talks with host Alex Cohen.
Nov 13th, 2008 · A judge has cleared a Portland, Ore., man of indecent exposure after his June arrest for riding his bicycle naked at nighttime through his neighborhood. The judge ruled that 21-year-old Bobby Hammond's nude cycling was protected expression. LaBarre talks about why he cycles in the nude.
Nov 12th, 2008 · Sacramento last week elected its first black mayor, former NBA star Kevin Johnson. The 42-year-old businessman beat a two-term incumbent by running on a platform of change. At the same time, the non-profit organization Johnson founded, which works to revitalize poor neighborhoods with charter schools and redevelopment projects, is being investigated for misuse of public funds. Ben Adler of member station KXJZ reports.
Nov 10th, 2008 · A working class Latino neighborhood in East San Jose is a great place to see the small and large impact this economic crisis is having on people. Hundreds of houses in the Mayfair neighborhood are being foreclosed, and people aren't buying more than essentials.