Parent Complaints of Moldy Lunches at Duncanville Middle School

DALLAS WEEKLY — n a photo shared earlier this month in a Facebook post, a parent complained of moldy lunch items being served to her daughter...

AG Keith Ellison on Breaking the Cycle of Police Violence, and Juul Settlement

Rise in Abductions of Black Girls in Oakland Alarms Sex-Trafficking Survivors

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nola Brantley of Nola Brantley Speaks states, “America’s wider culture and society has consistently failed to address the abduction and kidnapping of Black...

Oakland Post: Week of May 17 – 23, 2023

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Jury Finds Donald Trump Sexually Assaulted Columnist

The long and humiliating path to ignominy for Donald Trump continued when a jury in New York found the twice impeached and presently criminally indicted former...

President Biden’s Full Howard University Commencement Address

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “You’re the scientists, the doctors, the advocates who will bring -- do big things like ending cancer as we know it and even...

Oakland Teachers Strike Continues Over Wages, ‘Common Good’ Demands for Needs of Parents, Students

By Ken Epstein The strike of Oakland’s 3,000 teachers and other school staff is ending its first full week. Both sides are moving closer to a...

Oakland Post: Week of May 10 – 16, 2023

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COMMENTARY: Biden’s Answer to Ageist Voters – ‘Dark Brandon’

As I’ve mentioned in a previous column, when most people think of Joe Biden for president again, they think Geritol. If that’s you, you probably remember...

Supes Introduce Resolution to Keep Port Shelter Site Open for Unhoused Residents

By Joe Dworetzky Bay City News At Tuesday’s meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton called a plan to close...

CNN Employees and Republicans Panned Trump’s Disastrous Town Hall

For some Republicans, Democrats, and journalists, CNN’s disastrous 70-minute town hall with Donald Trump proved what everyone thought it would be: a desperate network featuring a...

California Panel Takes Big Step Toward $800 Billion Reparation Payments to Black Residents, and Formal Apology

California’s reparations task panel approved recommendations to compensate and apologize to Black communities for centuries of discrimination. At a meeting in Oakland, the nine-member committee, which...

OP-ED: Balancing the Budget—and the Needs of Our Residents

By Mayor Sheng Thao When I took office in January, I knew that my Administration would be facing a large deficit. In fact, with a $360...

Mayor Thao Proposes New Budget that Avoids Layoffs and Protects Oakland City Services

The proposal closes a $360 million two-year deficit while investing in affordable housing, infrastructure, and early childhood education. By Post Staff Mayor Sheng Thao this week released her “One Oakland” Fiscal...

The Case Against SB357: Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked

PART 7 – Not all Sexual Exploitation is Equal and Black Girls Get the Worst of It By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Facts and reality...

Reparations Task Force to Recommend “Genealogy Branch” to Prove Eligibility

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans is recommending that the State Legislature...

California Black Media Political Playback: News You Might Have Missed

By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Your roundup of news stories you might have missed last week. Assemblymember Mike Gipson Demands Sac...

Your Taxes Raised $83.1 Billion for the State Last Fiscal Year; Schools Received $44.6 Billion

McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Schools across the Golden State received a windfall of $44.6 billion in local property tax revenue, according to the 2021-22 California...

Hospital Closures, Cuts in Services Loom for Some Communities. How the State May Step in to Help.

By Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Five months after declaring a fiscal emergency and predicting that they’d run out of funds by early this year, officials at...

A Moral Budget for Oakland

By Jeremy McCants On Tuesday, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao released her new budget proposal, and the City Council will begin its review. This is a critical...

Alleged Drug Dealer Faces Felony Charges After Fentanyl Seize

By Bay City News A man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly drug dealing and possessing a large amount of fentanyl, announced the San Francisco...

AG Bonta Calls for Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging State’s Data Privacy Law for Children

By Eli Walsh Bay City News State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a brief Friday asking a federal district court judge to strike down a lawsuit...

Oakland Post: Week of May 3 – 9, 2023

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Hundreds Rally at Court House to Support DA Pamela Price and End Mass Incarceration

By Ken Epstein Several hundred people attended a rally last Sunday on the steps of the Alameda County Court House by Lake Merritt and live on...

HNU Says (Secret) Deadline Has Passed to File Proposals to Save Campus

By Ken Epstein The Board of Trustees of Holy Names University (HNU), which has shown little interest in working with educational institutions or city leaders to...