Green The Church, a national organization empowering people of all faiths to be environmental leaders, will host its annual summit from October 7-9 at Glad Tidings Church...
Simone Batiste is a scholarship recipient of the United Health Foundation’s Diverse Scholars Initiative (DSI). She was born and raised in Oakland, California and is currently a senior...
Santa Clara, CA – The duo of Beyonce’ and Jay-Z never disappoints. The upgrades, changes and improvements they did to On The Run II was more...
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (left) and Marshall Tuck. Marshall Tuck and Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, the two leading candidates for state superintendent of Public Instruction, held a forum...
“Systemic cruelty” – That’s how United Nations Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha described Oakland’s housing crisis. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can keep families...
Speaking at a mayoral forum Wednesday evening at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland were candidates (L to R): Marchon Tatmon, Pamela Price, Libby Schaaf and...
Oakland’s demographics are changing. Join the Oakland Mayor’s Commission on Aging for a series of Community Presentation & Listening Sessions to find out how you, your...
Aisha Dew, who rose to prominence managing Vi Lyles’ successful campaign to become the first African-American woman Mayor of Charlotte, NC, has joined the Cat Brooks...
When the words “Black Panther” are used, in recent memory, many people connect this with the recent blockbuster movie that was set in the fictional African...
Dylan and Sydney Ross with mom, Piper Dellums as they receive a pin from Rafael Jesús González, Berkeley Poet Laureate. Sunday, September 9 was lovely—a gentle...
The following op-ed was written by members of the Homeless Advocacy Working Group, James Vann and John Kirkmire, who criticize Mayor Libby’s plan to build install...
By Jovanka Beckles & Rebecca Kaplan We write as leaders who have endorsed Pamela Price for Mayor, and who have endorsed Cat Brooks for Mayor, to urge...
The Oakland Post endorses challenger Nikki Fortunato Bas in the District 2 race for Oakland City Council. Bas, an experienced organizer on behalf of garment workers...
Dylan and Sydney Ross with mom, Piper Dellums as they receive a pin from Rafael Jesús González, Berkeley Poet Laureate. Oakland’s state representatives held a press...
Mayoral Candidate Pamela Price (standing second from left) with a group of volunteers who helped clean Oakland steets. “We need to stop the illegal dumping...
Volunteers, making phone calls and talking to voters, join Desley Brooks’ campaign for re-election to Oakland City Council for District 6. The Oakland Post endorses Desley...
Assistant Pastor Jaqueline Thompson provided opening remarks at the mayoral forum on Sept. 19. Photo by Sue Taylor. Mayoral Candidate Saied Karamooz raised a point that...
Oakland resident Georgia Taylor will celebrate her 101st birthday on Sept. 13. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to parents Monroe and Pearlie Younger, she is one of...
This week, the City of Oakland released a new Cultural Plan, its first in thirty years. Titled “Belonging in Oakland: A Cultural Development Plan,” the document...
Gema Quetzal Cardena is interviewed by Sacramento TV station, KCRA. Oakland Unified School District senior Gema Quetzal Cardenas has been sworn in as the sole student...
Councilwoman Desley Brooks has refused to take a position on whether or not the city should adopt a policy which is called a “Project Labor Agreement”...
A Coalition of Black Women Leaders and Mothers will pose questions to the two candidates for California Superintendent for Public Instruction – Assemblyman Tony Thurmond and...
Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks announced this week that her campaign contributions have surpassed $100,000 in grassroots donations. “Oakland is ready for leadership that can unite...
Parents and teachers protest last school year against cuts to programs and layoffs at school sites. Photo by Ken Epstein. The State of California is set...
NBA icon Jason Kidd addresses the audience at the Port Work Spaces on the roof top of the Kaiser Center in the heart of downtown Oakland...
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