By Sarah Clemens It’s Earth Month, and the movement to let earth die has never been stronger. “Doomers’’ are people who believe climate change is irreversible...
By Ken Epstein In a show of growing strength, Oakland teachers and longshore workers held simultaneous one-day strikes and rallies together on April 29 to stop...
By Tamara Shiloh It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950) decided to pursue medicine....
By Daisha Williams, The Oakland Post Since late 2020, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been at the center of furious controversies. Despite all the heated arguments,...
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media Non-profit organizations across California will be able to apply for funding from a pool of cash created with an initial...
By Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor, The Oakland Post The late Fannie Lou Hamer said, “If I am truly free, who can tell me how much...
Black Mental Health pt. 2 By Tanya Dennis With the global COVID-19 pandemic, we knew the world would never be the same. For some, COVID-19 has provided...
By Post Staff A group of distinguished individuals joined the Small Business Association (SBA) and PayPal for a round-table discussion with California business leaders on small...
By Joe W. Bowers Jr., California Black Media On June 7, California will conduct a primary election — the first opportunity for voters to elect candidates...
The Homegoing Celebration for Rev. Dr. Gillette O. James, Pastor Emeritus of Beth Eden Baptist Church in Oakland will be held Monday, May 16, 2022, at 11:00...
Special to The Post At the May 3 special meeting of the Oakland City Council, members approved a resolution introduced by Councilmember Carroll Fife directing the...
By Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media Last week, the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, San Bernardino County Workforce Development Board, and the Riverside County...
By Rebecca Kaplan California is facing a housing crisis with housing costs exceeding growth in wages, and inadequate housing supply, particularly for low-income households. In California,...
On Saturday, May 7 at 3 p.m., Four Seasons Arts will honor Founder Dr. W. Hazaiah Williams with a piano recital by Dr. Rochelle Sennet. The...
Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor Mother’s Day is a very special day in all communities. It’s that time of year when the sale of Hallmark cards...
By Tanya Dennis There are over 58,000 children in California who are on welfare or probation supervised placement within the child welfare system. Michelle Chan, founder...
By Emil Guillermo It’s Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage month. Go hug your brothers and sisters. There’s a lot of them. The singer H.E.R. from Vallejo. The...
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Gladys Green transitioned from this world in her home quietly surrounded by her loving family, on March 28. She was widely known as someone who lived...
Tech experts publish list of recommendations for businesses, organizations Courtesy of Marin County Cybersecurity experts with the County of Marin have published a Top 10 List...
By Makiah Hiley Known as “the hood alchemist,” Lilly Ayers founded and runs Oakland’s first Black woman owned crystal botanica, Queen Hippie Gypsy. Located in Downtown...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton, California’s only Black D.A., recently joined the state Attorney General Rob Bonta and...
The Xi Gamma Omega Chapter (XGO) of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. achieved a major milestone raising and awarding $40,000 in scholarships in honor of the...
New legislation from Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (AD-44) will be heard April 26 in the Higher Education Committee, Assembly Bill 1705, which will address remedial placement policies...
By Makiah Hiley A decade after the Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) opened class enrollment it is putting on its first all-Black theater production, Every...
