“Whose City? Our City!” – Teachers and Port Workers Strike to Stop Corporate Privatizers

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...

Flag football gains momentum with Vikings support

MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Two Minneapolis middle schools, Olson and Anderson, last Saturday played their first game in the inaugural three-week Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Girls Flag...

Alexa Irene Canady: First Black Woman Neurosurgeon in U.S.

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....

Report Shows America’s Major Cities are Pricing Out Black Residents

L.A. FOCUS — Black households experienced the steepest declines in affordable neighborhoods in the years preceding the pandemic. Between 2013 and 2019 — even as the...

COMMENTARY: Critical Race Theory: An Academic Concept, Not a Threat to Children

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,...

Project to Help Non-Profits Gain Access to Almost $200B in State and Federal Funds

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...

#FIYAH! LIVE! — TAYLOR THOMAS with Special Guest Anita Ramalingam — FRI. 12.31.21 7PM ET

COMMENTARY: Is Religious Freedom Free?

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...

#REPLAY — 2.25.2022 Generational Wealth

Candace Owens Makes ‘Unacceptable and Dangerous’ Visit to Patrisse Cullors Home

SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Owens has seized on unsubstantiated reports by right-wing media that Cullors used foundation money to purchase a $6 million home in California and...