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...
Ernest Clark, Jr. Photo by Anintard Henderson, Photographers@large. By Randie Ellington If you have ever met Mr. Ernest Clark, Jr., you would remember him for many...
The City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee this week discussed a proposed resolution—sponsored by Councilmembers Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Larry Reid—to kick start the city’s new Department...
Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal (OCCUR) and The San Francisco Foundation Alliance with Interfaith To Heal Society (FAITHS) program present the 2018 “A Model Built...
Family, friends and community members gathered Tuesday morning at the West Oakland BART station to protest the killing of 28-year-old Sahleem Tindle, who was allegedly unarmed and had...
Council responds to mayor’s attempt to redirect funds for public health to close the city’s budget. The City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee on Tuesday approved a...
Desley Brooks’ campaign for reelection to the District 6 seat on the Oakland City Council was endorsed this week by prominent activist Bobby Seale, co-founder of...
By Jeffrey Heyman Throughout the year, the Peralta Colleges—Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt—hold some of the best African-American and Ethnic Studies...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor On the morning in the fall of 2015 when I heard about the argument and physical confrontation between former Black Panther chairperson...
Dr. Gloria Arjona, a professor at California Institute of Technology, holds a hand drum she sometimes uses in her lectures on Black Mexican history. Photo by...
The Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat, MPA, and CEO of the Alameda County Care Alliance, has been described as motivational, inspirational with a passion for life...
In the past two years only 9 percent of work hours on City of Oakland-funded construction projects went to African-Americans. At the same time, some elected...
Rebecca Kaplan’s proposal includes taxing vacant properties to fund homeless solutions. She recently spoke to the Interfaith Coalition of Alameda County about homeless solutions at the Mormon...