By Richard Johnson The Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back organization was my brainchild as I struggled in that dark cold dank cell at Pelican Bay State Prison...
District had promised not to retaliate against employees protesting school closures By Ken Epstein The Oakland teachers’ union has accused the Oakland Unified School District of...
By Post Staff The Oakland Chaplaincy Program founded by Pastor Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland graduated 13 more chaplains on Oct. 8, with...
Honors Region’s Most Influential Women Across Industries SAN FRANCISCO – Mother Jones’ Chief Operating Officer Jahna Berry will be recognized Oct. 13 as one of the...
Oakland, CA – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) held a roundtable discussion with community leaders and local elected officials to address the...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media LOS ANGELES – The nine member California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans convened...
By Richard Johnson Violence in of itself is a reaction to various triggers that gives it life. In other words, it is a manifestation of situations...
By Paul Chambers In an all-hands-on-deck meeting, Oakland Police Department (OPD) Chief LeRonne L. Armstrong challenged his command staff to bring a different approach to fighting...
By Post Staff Jazz saxophonist Farrell ‘Pharoah’ Sanders, a pioneer of ‘spiritual’ jazz who lived in Oakland for a time before gaining renown in New York...
An exclusive interview with Minister King X with the Post Staff and Richard Johnson Minister King X, also known as Pyeface, said he was inspired by Richard...
By Dr. Melanie Spears Full STEAM Ahead with Bonita Bumble Bee’s 1st Annual Science Fair! This free event is for Pre-K – 2nd graders. Tarsha Jordan,...
By Adriana Arvizo Women, regardless of their race and ethnicity, and Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Asian American small business owners in Oakland will have the opportunity...
By Janani Ramachandran First, we must conduct a comprehensive audit of where our homelessness dollars are being spent. The recent City Auditor’s report revealed $69 million...
Dr. Chris Jones, former head of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, a nonprofit organization based in North Little Rock, is running for governor of the state...
By Elsa Ortiz, President of AC Transit Board The challenge of inequitable transportation access is felt by tens of thousands of residents in inner East Oakland...
People Are Liberating Public Spaces to Fight the Criminalization of Poverty By Cat Brooks How many times have you walked by an unhoused neighbor and told...
By Treva Reid In my short tenure as a councilmember, I can tell you that integrity and honesty are missing at City Hall. As your next...
By Richard Johnson The idea of How-2 end violence has its origin in the bowels of prison. The idea was the result of the principled thinking of those...
By Gregory Hodge As a mayoral candidate, I want to see Department of Violence Prevention’s (DVP) current budget of $28M doubled to $56M. That would allow...
By Carla Thomas When Sandy La applied to two programs while a senior at Oakland High, she had no idea the Oakland Promise program would truly...
By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Eleanor Ramsey, president and CEO of the firm Mason Tillman Associates, has been creating change for Black people and other...
By Clifford L. Williams A cascade of blue and white balloons, amazing colorful artwork, and nearly 300 excited patrons, were all part of the grand dedication...
By Thomas Hughes, BCN Foundation A bill to allow California jurors to be reimbursed for using public transportation was signed into law Sept. 15 by Gov....
By Rev Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland Last week, as the Pastors of Oakland and the NAACP held a prayer vigil seeking proactive...
By Rev. Jim Hopkins, ICAC Co-Founding Board Member and Rev. Ken Chambers, ICAC Founding President The headline in the September 20, 2022, East Bay Times read,...
