California voters will decide whether or not to go tougher on crime through a November ballot initiative that makes changes to previous propositions and bills designed...
The Sausalito Marin City School District (SMCSD) provides quality education for the children of our community. To help support the unification and integration process and address...
Michael Tubbs is Stockton’s first Black mayor and the youngest in the city’s history. He was elected at age 26 and is now 30 years old....
It’s no secret there is a housing affordability crisis in California. And a homelessness crisis of epic proportion. Both deeply and disproportionately affect Black communities across...
Ahead of the November election, a group of dialysis nurses and patients have come out in strong opposition to Proposition 23. If passed, Prop. 23 would...
Aja Smith, a Black Republican running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, has filed a complaint against Facebook, Twitter, and Google. In her...
Two years after California lawmakers passed the first consumer data privacy act in the country, voters have a chance to expand the law or leave it as it is....
Sean Broadus and his brother Evan Broadus live near the Gilbert Lindsay Community Center in South Central, Los Angeles, less than 20 minutes from where their...
Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (1874–1924) was born on Davis Bend, a Mississippi plantation was owned by Joseph Davis. Isaiah’s father, Benjamin Montgomery, managed the Davis plantation until...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post for the week of October 14 - 20, 2020
When I heard the sad news of the death of former Oakland A’s player Joe Morgan it reminded me of last week’s talk with Dave Kaval,...
A group of African American entrepreneurs and business people have put together a history-making proposal to purchase the Oakland Coliseum for $92 million to create the...
Over 50 people attended a rally against new proposed legislation, called the Encampment Management Policy, outside of Oakland’s City Hall on Oct. 10 from 1:00 p.m....
All California voters should have received their ballots in the mail for the Nov. 3 elections to help minimize the spread of COVID-19. If you have...
A committee of local educators created by the Oakland Post Editorial Board has endorsed candidates for the Oakland Board of Education in all four open races...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post for the week of October 7 - 13, 2020
California is expanding aid and protections to health care workers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues through two new laws and an executive order. Late last month,...
This statement was made to the Berkeley Planning Commission’s special meeting on the Adeline Corridor Plan on Sept. 16, 2020, represented as a “long-range…blueprint for the...
A common misconception of the criminal justice system is that it is as simple as guilty people admitting their guilt and innocent people going free. The...
These are challenging times for the best of us, but the difficulties fall heavily on leaders. Whether they are leaders of nations, states or cities, large...
This is a big election year. With all eyes on the presidential race, Californians can’t afford to lose sight of its state and local elections. These decisions need the same amount of consideration being given...
There was a point in that messy first presidential debate when Black folks were spectators as three old White men — Pres. Donald Trump, Joe Biden...
When you get your California election ballot soon – that’s if you don’t have it already –expect to see Kanye West’s name on it. The 43-year-old rapper and business mogul is...
President of the Oakland Tennis Council Larry Atkins is advocating for the homeless who have been living at Athol Plaza Park on 2nd Ave across from...
A group of supporters convened at a press conference and rally for Alameda City Council hopeful Amos White in front of Alameda’s City Hall on Saturday,...
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