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 Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media Nationwide, book banning is on the rise. It’s reached a 20-year high, according to the American Library Association and...
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...
Post News Group Staff Washington, DC – Congresswoman Barbara Lee applauded President Biden for announcing that the United States will host the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment...
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...
By Tanya Dennis The release last month of Alameda County’s Grand Jury report charging deficiencies in the Alameda County Probate Court system has set off a...
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...
By Tanya Dennis On June 6th, the Alameda County Grand Jury released a report regarding deficiencies of probate Court including recommendations to correct deficiencies. Probate advocates...
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media As the monkeypox virus outbreak spreads around the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will need to galvanize forces...
Courtesy of Marin County Ballot language is being fine-tuned on a proposed agreement to convert pristine open space on the Tiburon Peninsula into a County of...
By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation A proposed $31.1 million road and bridge budget would prioritize improving and maintaining the 422 miles of roads in...
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media On June 13, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law an ordinance restricting the sale of menthol cigarettes...
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...
Austin Gage | California Black Media Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration’s latest allocation of $2.2 billion from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE)...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When President Biden took office, the country was in the grip of a global pandemic. Businesses were shuttering, schools were closing, and people...
By Greg Hodge It is time to activate the voices of Oaklanders who want to see Oakland become the city that we know it can be....
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 Austin Gage, California Black Media After a three-year hiatus, the 12 member California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) held its “African American Leaders for Tomorrow Program”...
Courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Education Our nation’s young people are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Even before the pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety...
By Sarah Clemens, Oakland Post Intern The House passed the Respect for Marriage Act on July 19, 2022. The bill, which was originally introduced in 2009,...
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 Ken Epstein Oakland Unified School District security officers arrived at Parker Elementary School in East Oakland on Thursday, Aug. 4 to change the locks and...
