By looking across many types of punishment, student subpopulations, measures of disparity, and comparison groups, the authors arrive at the conclusion that, as the article title...
Johnson believes that these days, democracy can be used to do undemocratic things, and most people hardly blink. To “save democracy,” we need to question all...
The City is hoping to consolidate the mayoral and City Council District 2 special elections on a single date, which would save the city hundreds of...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of November 27 - December 3, 2024, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to Washington, D.C., for meetings with senior Biden-Harris Administration officials and members of California’s congressional delegation. During the week, he pushed for...
Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber hosted a webinar on Nov. 14 to update Californians on the ballot counting process for the 2024 General Election....
The conference featured Congresswoman-elect Lateefah Simon, who will begin her term representing California’s 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in January. Simon was...
“Chief Osorio rose up through the ranks in the Richmond Fire Department over the last 21 years before being elevated to chief,” noted Harpreet Sandhu, field...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of November 20 - 26, 2024
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of November 13 - 19, 2024
Schools have reported that students were already feeling uneasy and anxious after the announcement of former President Donald Trump winning the presidential election and the texts...
Join us for a LIVE Virtual Town Hall on the Impact of Racism hosted by Post News Group Journalist Carla Thomas and featuring Oakland, CA NAACP...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of November 6 - 12, 2024
Councilmember Kevin Jenkins, who serves Oakland’s District 6, issued the following statement in response to the results of the recent recall election: “As we await the...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded the mayoral race to Daniel Lurie Thursday afternoon. She thanked the San Francisco residents for "the opportunity to serve the...
District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife, though outspent by hundreds of thousands of dollars and facing a bitter campaign of slander, misrepresentations, and physical threats, seems to...
Millions of people across the country stood in long lines and sat around their TVs waiting to see what the fate of the next four years...
On an outdoor stage on Howard University’s campus, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris formally conceded the presidential election to Donald J. Trump Wednesday afternoon after his...
A Black, South Asian Indian woman from Oakland -- the first ever to be elected to the United States presidency. That was the headline of hope....
In the Nov. 5 General Election, Californians cast their votes on ten propositions addressing issues from education and climate funding to prison labor and the minimum...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) today released a piece on Medium reflecting on Vice President Kamala Harris’ historic presidential campaign 50 years after Lee worked on the...
On Monday, District Attorney Pamela Price announced Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Kassan as the new director of the Community Support Bureau. Kassan has over 25 years...
Oaklanders Defending Democracy, a group opposing the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, shared an open letter she wrote to Philip Dreyfuss of Farallon Capital, a...
A recent poll showed that a majority of California voters back Proposition 36, which aims to increase penalties for certain theft and drug-related crimes, according to...
As the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election approaches, a number of Black candidates from Northern California are running for positions in the United States Congress, the...