Large wooden panels outside a Kaiser Permanente building in downtown Oakland will soon be transformed into colorful art in support of the social justice movement and...
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made a brilliant choice in opening her remarks at the Democratic presidential ticket’s victory celebration with a quote from civil...
Centenarian Geraldine Gillette Earp died peacefully in her Coventry Park seniors assisted living residence Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, shortly after learning of the Biden-Harris win. Born...
Legislation would raise the requirements for City projects to be appealed and allow them to continue during the appeals process to prevent unnecessary delays On Tuesday,...
As final votes are being tallied, three Oakland School Board director candidates backed by the Oakland Education Association who ran on platforms against privatization, cuts, and...
The Oakland Police Commission and Mayor Libby Schaaf held a virtual candidates’ forum last week to allow the public to meet the four finalists for Chief...
Black financial services and regulatory experts announced Monday the formation of the Black Bank Fund (BBF) and National Black Bank Foundation (NBBF), tandem initiatives to nurture...
The Peralta Community College District has appointed Dr. Rudy Besikof president of Laney College and Dr. Nathaniel Jones III president of the College of Alameda. Besikof...
Atlanta-based UPS had a specific ban on facial hair and some hairstyles: “no Afros or braids.” The policy had a direct impact on many Black employees. Some Black men in particular grow...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post for the week of November 4 - 10, 2020
Stacey Abrams not only has revealed the ins and outs of voter suppression in the U.S., she is also credited with 800,000 new voter registrations. She...
On Saturday, November 7, news outlets projected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the President-elect and Vice-President-elect of the United States of America. This is Biden’s...
Measure S1, which gives the voter-approved Police Commission more teeth, is passing with 81 percent of the vote. According to the League of Women Voters of...
As of 3:00 p.m. PST on Thursday, November 5, former Vice Pres. Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are inching to the...
Both gents are Democrats from New York. And both Torres and Jones made history on Election Night Democratic New Yorkers Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones have...
With 34/34 voter service centers reporting and a voter turnout of 39.3%, 143,761 ballots cast from 365,839 registered voters, Kevin Lincoln II secured 25,749 votes or...
Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment season is underway, and I want to encourage all people with Medicare to review their current health and prescription drug coverage. Medicare...
Although the votes are still being counted, Jovanka Beckles’ campaign is confident she won her seat for the AC Transit Board of Directors in Ward 1....
So far, they decline employee status for gig workers, stricter parole rules and restoring Affirmative Action. Much was at stake for Californians in this year’s statewide...
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that requires publicly traded corporations who have their headquarters in California to appoint directors from “underrepresented communities” to...
The political action committee of the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) endorses political candidates whose work supports prosperity and economic security for Black Americans. Launched in 2018,...
I am a longtime resident of the Iron Triangle and of the Richmond Community as a whole. In fact, I have lived in Richmond over 50...
I am proud to endorse Otheree Christian for West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), Area 2. As a Richmond native, a graduate of John F....
More than 150,000 Bay Area tenant households are at the highest risk of eviction and possibly face homelessness due to income loss and the economic downturn...