By Tanu Henry and Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media California State Controller Malia Cohen announced last week that she will chair a “statewide multi-agency...
By Kathy Chouteau | Richmond Standard Richmond Promise teamed up with Tech Exchange to host a laptop distribution event for college-bound scholars at the Richmond Main Public Library...
By Ken Epstein Several lifelong NAACP members, including Black Business Round Table host Doug Blacksher and civil rights attorney Walter Riley, held a press conference this...
By Ken Epstein Chabot Elementary School in the Rockridge District of North Oakland was evacuated Tuesday after receiving a racist bomb threat and “multiple threatening emails,...
By Ken Epstein Magaly Muñoz recently began a two-year fellowship covering local news for the Oakland Post as a full-time reporter, supported by the California Local...
Adapted from the New York Times Everybody has an opinion. For some individuals and institutions, like colleges and universities, the question becomes whether or not those...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Lila Brown and Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media California State University student workers announced on Oct. 4 that the...
By Chuck Baker | 100 Black Men Cardiovascular health, or “Heart Health,” is important for everyone, but for African Americans, it’s a matter of life or...
Special to the Post Mrs. Mildred Aristide, former first lady of Haiti, will speak in Oakland on Saturday, Oct. 21 The event, sponsored by the Haiti Action Committee,...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez, LLC The kids are back in school now and already, your family’s going in six different directions. You’re busy, between...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Lila Brown, and Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media The NAACP California Hawaii State Conference is hosting its 36th State Convention,...
By Godfrey Lee Students from the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy promoted the RISE UP! 94965 Foundation at the Sausalito Art Festival, which was held on...
Special to the Post The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees announced on Halloween that Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson as their choice to be the next permanent Chancellor...
By Sean Ryan Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) reintroduced the Student Support Act to ensure all students have access to the mental health services and support they require to thrive academically and...
By Jeff Barbosa, California State Library Every public school student and teacher, as well as every Californian with a library card, can now access over 5,000...
By Kathy Chouteau The Richmond Standard Many college students will head out for a night on the town with their friends tonight, but Richmond resident and...
By Ken Epstein Several hundred people, including teachers, school staff, students, parents, and community activists, showed up at the Oakland Unified School District board meeting Wednesday...
Her first goal is to increase students’ sense of belonging on campus, especially for those who are underrepresented. By Gretchen Kell UC Berkeley News I’m from...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Miss Black America Pageant is coming back to Atlantic City to celebrate its 55th anniversary. It will be held on the Boardwalk...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Through Northwestern University’s Northwestern Prison Education Program, 16 students from the Stateville Correctional Center were conferred degrees in front of nearly 300 attendees,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It exemplifies the extraordinary potential of collective action to shape a brighter future for Georgians across the state. With an impact touching the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — These posters sent a message to Black veterans that they need not apply — that these life-changing programs were not meant for them....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At Eastern, Belay studied Computer Science and Business Information Systems, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA in both majors! He...
Paul C. Ajegba, a distinguished alumni of the University of Michigan College of Engineering (CEE), has been honored with the prestigious 2023 Alumni Merit Award. This...
On Saturday, the Loyola University Chicago Black Alumni Board hosted the second annual Mamie Till-Mobley Scholarship luncheon to celebrate LUC alumna and raise funds for the...
