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By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information Greg Hodge is well known throughout Oakland, as a community father and pillar and may best known...

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Pen Game Supreme: Talking to Oakland’s Wordsmith and Spoken Word Artist Prentice Powell

JR Valrey

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

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By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information I was once told by political prisoner Imam Jamil Al-Amin that the root of rap was the...

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The WhoRidas’ Choppa Saan is Still Raising the Hobo Junction Flag

JR Valrey

March 4, 2022March 5, 2022

Bay Area News

By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information JR Hobo Junction is one of the 90's Hip-Hop super-groups formed in the Bay Area, alongside Digital...

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High School Mascots and Colors Decorate Sweatshirts That Brand “Dope Only” is Using to Fundraise For the Oakland Athletic League

JR Valrey

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

Bay Area News

By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information JR “Dope Only” has been a trusted brand in the Bay Area for over the last 20 years,...

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Oakland’s Merritt College Has Fired Employee Econzi Musa in a Discriminatory Fashion, For Not Getting Vaccinated

JR Valrey

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

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By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information Econzi Musa is a frontliner in the fight against mandatory vaccinations, and has been fired from her...

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Locally made Sci-Fi Film “My Sisters’ Keeper” Premieres at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater on March 2nd

JR Valrey

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

Bay Area News Black World News

By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information Pharoah Charles Powell is one of the Bay Area’s most prolific filmmakers, who annually has something new...

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Black Churches in Bed With Caesar: Where are the Black Churches in the Fight to Stop Oakland School Closures?

JR Valrey

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

Bay Area News Black World News

By Timothy Killings The nationwide fight against the attack on Public Education and African Americans' right to an equal education has intensified in the first...

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Developing the Ministry of Information Podcast: A Short Look at the Journalistic Trek of the People’s Minister of Information JR

JR Valrey

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022

Bay Area News Black World News

By JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information The creation of BlackNewWorldMedia.com, in August of 2020, has been a dream of mine ever since I...

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Children’s Book Author Tiffany Golden Has Used the Pandemic to Learn the Art of Illustrating

JR Valrey

February 18, 2022February 19, 2022

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By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information Illustrations by way of children’s books are some of the first teaching aids, when someone is teaching and...