By Tammerlin Drummond When a woman is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, chemotherapy and radiation often make her too weak to work. If she is working...
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By Jennifer Gunnels Butler University Stories Bay Area native Terri Jett was received a Distinguished Faculty Award at Indiana’s Butler University. Terri Jett arrived at Butler...
By Mark Allen Cu Bay City News Outside of a Seafood City Supermarket in Milpitas, a crowd of young Filipino-Americans gathered last weekend to commemorate the...
Part 1 By Tanya Dennis and Vanessa Russell Motivated to protect trans, Black and Hispanic people from persecution by police, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media This past weekend, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans received insight on...
By Paul Cobb As the publisher of the Oakland Post, I am disappointed with recent mainstream media coverage and editorials trying to make tabloid news out...
By Daisha Williams Post News Group Intern Like many other cities nationwide, Oakland was heavily impacted by Tyre Nichols’ death on January 10 in Memphis, Tenn., three...
‘Centuries of devastation and destruction of Black lives, Black bodies, and Black communities should be met with centuries of restoration’ By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire...
By Ken Epstein Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, a downtown Oakland Cultural Center that has featured live jazz and served music lovers and the Black community for decades,...
“…Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 16th annual MLK Day of Service in Richmond honoring the legacy...
Mayor Thao appoints HNU’s Dr. Kimberly Mayfield as deputy mayor By Ken Epstein Sheng Thao, a daughter of Hmong refugees who overcame homelessness and domestic abuse...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire The great-grandchildren of the African American couple Willa and Charles Bruce, whose land in Southern California was taken in 1924...
“We’re offering scholarships for anyone who wants to become a teacher. $20,000,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Tony Thurmond told California Black Media. “I sponsored...
By Ben Jealous It strikes me that the days we’re living through represent a metaphor for our national dilemma. Jan. 6 and the weight of history...
By Ken Epstein The newly elected progressive majority on the Oakland Board of Education voted this week to save five schools that a previous school board...
By Kathy Chouteau | Richmond Standard The Richmond Art Center (RAC) has announced its lineup of three winter exhibitions, including Art of the African Diaspora, Connected Always and The Remembrance...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee was officially sworn in as United States Representative for California’s 12th Congressional District, representing the people of the East Bay in the 118th Congress. “I...
SAN LEANDRO, CA —Mayor Juan Gonzalez and the San Leandro City Council are pleased to invite the community to attend the City of San Leandro’s annual...
By Godfrey Lee Jonathan Donald Matthews, an active member of Village Baptist Church and an attorney, passed away at age 47 on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022....
By Khariyyah Shabazz Community clean-up and beautification, tree-planting, mural painting, music, food and Golden State Warriors’ merchandise giveaways will mark the Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation’s...
By Emil Guillermo Oakland, with its new Asian American mayor, is one of the most diverse cities in America. How many times do you think Mayor...
By Brandon Patterson Civil rights activist Charlene Mitchell, a long-time Communist Party leader and freedom fighter, passed away in Manhattan, New York, on Dec. 14, 2022....
The Richmond Standard Richmond is exploring expanding the number of cannabis dispensary and delivery services permitted to operate in the city and incorporating equity in the...
The Black woman whose cells have helped advance medical research will be honored in her hometown By Angela Johnson The city of Roanoke, Va., is honoring a...
