By Rob Bonta Imagine yourself a high school senior, enjoying fall sports, hunkering down for the toughest part of the semester, around the beginning of October....
By Tammeil Y. Gilkerson, Laney College President In the wake of the disasters that are plaguing our sister states and countries around the world, students, faculty,...
By Richard Wembe Johnson, San Quentin Prison In some prisons there are self-help courses that teach inmates health and communicable disease issues. Unfortunately, not all of the prisons can...
By La Clinica de La Raza The Sweet Influence of a Harmful Product and Addictive Habit. Research proves many smokers today get hooked at a young...
By Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D., Chancellor, Peralta Community College District Toward the end of his administration, President Obama introduced the idea of free college tuition for...
By James Harris Over the last few years, the illegal dumping problem in Oakland has become a city-wide crisis. There has not been one single day when I...
By Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D., Chancellor, The Peralta Community College District Toward the end of his administration, President Obama introduced the investment idea of free...
Aaron James Price along with Dr. Jowel C. Laguerre receiving the Chancellor’s Trophy at the Laney College Spring Commencement Ceremony on May 27, 2017. Photo Courtesy...
By Rashidah Grinage “If not for the court’s intervention, we have no confidence that correct discipline would have ever been imposed, criminal charges filed, or...
By Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Superintendent of Schools Students need to feel seen, to see themselves reflected in their teacher’s eyes as having limitless potential. That’s how...
The Oakland school district is likely to propose the closing of more schools using a term borrowed from corporate America called “rightsizing.” The Business Dictionary calls...
By Jowel C. Laguerre, Ph.D., Chancellor, Peralta Community College District It is known that community colleges nationwide provide the most practical point of educational access for many students. ...
The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented rollback of civil rights and voting rights. Those who care about building a more perfect union face harsh headwinds....
To protect the Black community, we need Black political power. We need people in key positions who understand that “power is the ability to define phenomena...
In order to strengthen quality of life and opportunity for all of our communities in Oakland, we need to look not only at what we say,...
Last week, a 16-year-old tragically lost his life after consuming an energy drink, a soda and a latte — drinks routinely consumed by and often intensively...
The fight for decent education in Oakland for all the students, not just those who are from privileged backgrounds, stretches back for decades. We need...
By Orson Aguilar, The Greenlining Institute Some readers thought I went too far by calling policies pushed by the Trump administration and Congress a war on...
Driving near Monterey, California, recently, I stopped at a roadside stand to buy some freshly-picked strawberries. May is high season for California strawberries, and the fields...
After President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey because of, as Trump admitted, the “Russian thing,” he struck a new blow to American democracy: He...
By Charles Cole III, Contributor, Huffpost The antiquated model of “lifting student voice” is children working to serve adults and we need to completely flip that....
When I was 26 or 27 years old I was facing some personal and professional adversity. I had spent my early and then ending mid twenties...
By Marlene C. Hurd I agree with the opinion published in the March 16 Post, titled “Teaching is Necessary To Show our Youth How To Avoid...
By Assemblymember Rob Bonta In times of crisis, all options must be on the table. Many parts of California are suffering from a rental housing affordability...
Public Education in the United States is under attack. We cannot teach children who are hungry or disabled. If House of Representatives Bill 610 passes,...
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