By Loren Taylor The same playgrounds I grew up on in Oakland aren’t safe for my kids today. The Town deserves better, and it starts with...
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...
By Emil Guillermo In communities of color, athletes in the U.S. are practically royalty. They don’t call Lebron “King James” for nothing. Star athletes can do...
By James. E. Vann Propositions 26 and 27 on the November ballot appear to be related, but their differences are substantial, and both are exceedingly harmful....
By Ben Jealous There is always a new low for Trump Republicans. And that is pretty frightening. Take the latest exercise in lawlessness, dishonesty, and cruelty...
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...
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 Ben Jealous A New Mexico judge has done the country a big favor. Judge Francis Mathew upheld a little-known provision of the U.S. Constitution and...
By Emil Guillermo Don’t be confused about the student loan forgiveness plan President Biden announced recently. Sure, it wasn’t all student debt. But it did address...
By Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way Just when you thought far-right attacks on public education couldn’t get any more absurd, we hear...
By Ken Epstein | Post News Group Heading into the Fall 2022 school board election season, the political atmosphere remains highly energized in the wake of...
By Treva Reid As a small business owner, I know that small businesses are truly the lifeblood of our community. With the recent closures of corporate...
From Paul L. Cobb, Publisher The Post will make free editorial space available for any candidate running for Mayor, City Council, School Board and the Alameda...
Emil Guillermo, What’s up with Liz Cheney and her one-woman crusade to save democracy? Is she really speaking to us in the BIPOC community? I got...
By Ben Jealous When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city...
Preacher, builder says he’d rather see a sermon than hear one, any day Part 1- Tiny Homes, a Heavy Lift, to Lighten the Load By Paul...
By Ben Jealous Red flags are flying for democracy and democratic values. We need to pay attention to the threats—and also to signs that we can...
By Emil Guillermo The thought of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star turned political hostage, should make every freedom-loving American weep. It’s going to be a long...
By Richard Johnson The Formally Incarcerated Giving Back (FIGB) org. is launching a voter drive to protect and encourage democratic participation while seeking educational, economic as...
By Kitty Epstein For decades Black people in Oakland have obtained 9% or less of the work hours on publicly funded construction projects. So…for jobs that...
By Regina Brown Wilson and Sandy Close What could go wrong when politicians in Sacramento decide the future of journalism? The California Legislature could soon provide the answer....
By Ben Jealous George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings...
By Greg Hodge Voters in a democracy should always get the final say. A recent poll indicates that 76% of those asked believed that the voters...
By Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor We are living in a world where controversial, complex issues, disagreements, debates, misunderstandings are looming large. There are controversies on...
