Bancroft Middle School sixth grader Isaac Silva won a brand new 24-inch mountain bike this week as part San Leandro’s Safe Routes to School Program. The...
By Jesse Jackson In oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Voting Rights Act, Justice Antonin Scalia slandered the act as a “racial entitlement,” arguing,...
By Carla Thomas The San Francisco chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women hosted its eighth annual “Bridging the Generations – Golden Girls Hats...
Young Community Developers, Inc. will celebrate 40 years of job preparation, placement and preservation services in San Francisco’s Southeast Sector, Friday March 22, at the Hotel...
As part of Women’s History Month, the Post is recognizing women whose selfless acts often go unnoticed: those who work in their communities and churches and...
By Kia Croom Hydeia Broadbent’s story captivated America when at the age of six she emerged on the scene as the world’s youngest HIV/AIDS activist. A...
Zoe Harwood, 10, has always wanted to become an astronomer. When she discovered that a space exhibit was coming to her Richmond elementary school gym for...
By Kia Croom Over the last 15 years, Joan Carpenter has helped establish viable community services, powerful coalitions and community partnerships in the West County. As...
Berkeley High School’s jazz bands kick off their spring season with two shows at Yoshi’s Oakland on Tuesday, March 26. Both shows will feature the Berkeley...
In commemoration of Harriet Tubman and Women’s History Month, the national nonprofit GirlTrek is challenging Black women and girls to join the “We Are Harriet” challenge...
Vice President Joe Biden marched Sunday, March 3 with Congressman John Lewis and other Black civil rights leaders in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the “Bloody Sunday”...
The Senate’s version of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was approved by the House on Thursday, Feb. 28 but not until Democratic members of...
Thomas C. Frazier, former police commissioner from Baltimore and deputy police chief of San Jose, has been appointed by a federal court judge to oversee long-stalled...
Senator Huff visited Post/El Mundo offices to discuss issues affecting minorities State Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff this week visited the Oakland Post Newspaper to open...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor The beginning stages of Oakland’s redevelopment of its portion of the old Army Base grew a little more confused last week when...
By Ken A. Epstein Is the city retaliating against Pivotal Point Youth Services, which provides job training to low-income youth in West Oakland, after the Oakland...
Cape Coast Castle dungeons where slaves were housed before the middle passage journey to America By Babatunde Harrison Part I—My mother “The Ancestress” If it were...
By: Malaika Bobino Sacramento, CA – The Denver Nuggets have won eleven straight games at home setting a franchise record. They haven’t been as successful on...
Raised in Oakland, Dr. E.N. Crawford accepted Christ at the age of 13. He acknowledged his call to the Gospel ministry in 1973, making him the...
By Jesse Brooks Acclaimed photographer and HIV advocate Duane Cramer is partnering with Project Runway star Mondo Guerra on the national HIV education campaign “I Design,”...
By Jesse Jackson The Supreme Court this week heard a challenge to the Voting Rights Act in the case of Shelby v. Holder. On the same...
Jazz Search West 2013, a Bay Area’s Jazz talent search for adults and teens 15 and up, is holding four competitions at Jazz venues in San...
In celebration of Black History Month, Supervisor Keith Carson and community leaders held the African American Organizations Making Connections 2013 conference, “Strategies and Outcomes for Our...
