ILWU Profile: Renee Sharp, Local 10
We always knew that we would have to fight for good pay and benefits.
During a 1997 interview with Jet magazine, Taylor described herself as a “blacktivist,” and admitted that she had “no long-term career aspirations as a flight attendant...
During its third meeting, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans looked at reasons formerly enslaved Black people migrated to the...
Billionaire John Fisher, owner of the A’s, has things to do before he can take over Oakland’s public port property to build malls and housing for...
Elaine Brown, former Black Panther Party leader and CEO of Oakland & the World Enterprises (OAW), has teamed up with master developer McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS),...
Small Businesses Can Receive a Technology Makeover or Marketing Services
Comcast California held a virtual press conference to announce a major new investment fund that will soon be available for small businesses owned by people of...
Legislation aims to bolster the City’s Cannabis Equity Program and further support cannabis business owners
Some Black business owners are concerned that, as has often been the case with large government spending programs, they will be overlooked.
When she was just 30 years old, more than 400,0000 members of California’s largest labor union, SEIU Local 2015, elected LaPhonza Butler to be their president....
A request for a ballot measure called the “Housing Affordability and Tax Cut Act of 2022” has been submitted to the California Attorney General’s office.
The Oakland Post spoke to five different Moe’s workers. When we asked them why they were protesting, they claimed they were concerned about what they saw...
If approved, awarding this vital site for development to an Oakland-based African American development group would help remedy extensive racial disparities in Oakland contracts and economic...
Build It at the Coliseum and They Will Come!
During the two-day meeting that concluded September 24, participants shared details of harrowing incidents that happened in California and across the country.
Oakland city government declares war on the unemployed. An overstatement? Not really.
Officially declaring gun violence a public health crisis within the City of Oakland, the resolution endorses the call from many community-based organizations for Alameda County’s Board...
Oakland A’s Support Launch of West Oakland-Based Business
During these times of economic hardship jobs are especially needed more than ever before. We must be more understanding and supportive to the task at hand...
In addition, Congresswoman Lee is a co-sponsor of H.R. 3807, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act, which will provide an additional $60 billion to support restaurants and other...
Mandate for all airline, service, concession, and construction employees effective immediately
It leaves the rest of us — including the students — without a teacher, cafeteria worker, or janitorial staff. We have to throw on five or...
Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Asian American small business owners in Oakland can apply for a $10,000 grant from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, which will issue...
Mills College in Oakland is merging with Northeastern University following approval Tuesday by the Mills College board of trustees.
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