Safe Passages CEO Josefina Alvarado-Mena. By Katie Bazyluk Safe Passages, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is doubling its efforts to serve immigrant families in light of the federal administration’s recent...
(left to right) Journalist, Al Jerome A. Chede and community advocate, Uche Uwahemu with honorees and keynote speaker, war crimes investigator, Hassan Bility, Massa A. Washington, a...
Oakland Firefighters Union Local 55 has endorsed Desley Brooks in her re-election to the Oakland City Council District 6 seat. The fire department’s Field Operations Bureau...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (left)and Anita Hill. Photo by Sarah Carpenter. About 2,000 people filled the Oakland Marriott Ballroom last Saturday to hear Anita Hill speak about...
Supporters of the Affordable Housing Act, an initiative for the November ballot, rallied last Saturday in East Oakland. Photo By Ken Epstein. Affordable housing supporters held...
Mayor Libby Schaaf declined to recommend reappointment of Rebecca Kaplan to the position Oakland residents lost the only representative they have had in over two decades on...
Political opposition to charter schools has been growing, both locally and nationally. A recent report produced by a pro-charter school policy organization says that the continued...
City Attorney Barbara Parker has announced that she filed suit against Santos Engineering in West Oakland for illegal recycling activity in response to concerns cited by...
By Desley Brooks Thank you to the editors at the Post for allowing me to shed some insight into what it takes to push through the...
Rendering of the central kitchen, urban farm and education center. An Oakland Unified School District state-of-the art industrial kitchen project capable of producing 35,000 school lunches...
(Left to right) Dane’Nicole Williams, Hailey King, Dazhane Labat, Tyrone Thompson, Madiagne Sarr, Kamani Taylor visited Mandela House in Soweto, a must-see stop for anyone visiting...
The world is ripe to revisit Anita Hill’s story—and to catch up on where her story has gone. Young women today were too young to have...
Highest paid officer earned $157,000 in overtime, bringing salary to $463,000 Despite promises to reduce costs, Oakland Police Department overtime is projected to cost the city...
With heads wrapped in African print cloth, young dancers boogie down Broadway. Photo by Yvette Maria Aldama. What if you hold a parade and nobody comes? That...
Laney College has become a regular host of teach-ins for social justice. A “teach-in” is an informal lecture or discussion on an issue of public interest....
Activists have blocked the intersections surrounding the ICE building in San Francisco this week. Facebook photos by Megan Zapanta and April Martin. Oakland officials and community...
By Dirk Tillotson Many schools with strict discipline practice what they call a “no excuses” philosophy. The problem with many “no excuses” schools is that the...
Adopt a policy that benefits everyone, not just side agreement with Building Trades, say speakers The Post Salon Community Assembly last Sunday addressed the critical need...
Dance instructor Traci Bartlow leads attendees at Wo’se Community Church in a group dance for their “Lindy Hoppin’ Jazzy Juke” reception in East Oakland. Photo by...
Attorney and academic Anita Hill, a leading proponent for women’s rights, and workforce equity, will speak Saturday, March 10, 7 p.m., at the Oakland Marriott City...
When a fire destroyed the popular Mosswood Park Recreation Center in North Oakland in November 2016, city officials announced with fanfare they would work with the...
Members of Sahleem Tindle’s family shout “No Justice no peace!” at the BART board meeting on Feb. 22, 2018 in Oakland. Photo by Rhonesha Victor. The...
The Oakland City Council honored nine individuals and organizations at this week’s city council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in honor of Black History Month. Councilmember...
Candice Elder, founder of East Oakland Collective, along with members Julius Ceasar Johnson, and Marquita Price speak in East Oakland at the Black Solidarity rally. By...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond), introduced a bill that implements a tax on private prisons that operate in California. The tax revenue generated by the bill will...
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