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 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...
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 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,...
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...
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...
By Zack Haber A recent closure of a homeless encampment near the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and 106th Avenue has prompted Homies Empowerment, an East Oakland-based...
THE OAKLAND POST — The A’s have set their sights on Howard Terminal, located in West Oakland’s industrial zone, and the heart of the Port of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An image of a smiling Robinson, with his trademark stare and a boutonnière on his lapel, also graced the cover of the printed...
OAKLAND POST — In a press release on Jan. 27, John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA), said white farmers are given an...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to her screen presence, Lewis is also lauded for using social media to entertain, educate and inform. On Lewis’ social media...
POST NEWS GROUP — Florence McCrary, a member of the Violence Prevention Coalition Family Support Advocates, representing mothers who lost children to violence in Oakland said,...
OAKLAND POST — “We’re not going to accept $90 million in budget reductions from the county,” Oakland Education Association (OEA) President Keith Brown told the Oakland...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “She began as a pioneer in the industry, and she’s been speaking the truth no matter what,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper stated. “That’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A Democrat and noted voting rights advocate, Stacey Abrams lost to Kemp by just over one percentage point in their controversial 2018 battle....
POST NEWS GROUP - There is a long history of bigotry and legal discrimination that directly targeted Asian immigrants and Asian Americans. Over the past year,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The special features Oprah Winfrey as she speaks separately with both acclaimed director Ava DuVernay and Rev. Al Sharpton regarding the historical context...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "You're proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain,” Beyoncé said as she accepted the award, adding, “I’m encouraging you...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities across...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 1965 Selma march was led by John Lewis. Lewis was perhaps the last remaining voice of moral authority from the civil rights...
