Many others were also lost in 2023, and though too numerous to print, they too also are fondly recalled and their contributions not forgotten.
By Keisa Sharpe Jefferson The Birmingham Times In a surprise vote on Tuesday, Darrell O’Quinn was elected by his colleagues as President of the Birmingham City...
By Donald M Suggs, Word in Black The significance of each congressional seat has been brought into sharp focus after an unprecedented vote on Tuesday, Oct....
By Macy Meinhardt, Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer Residents and non-profit organizations of the community gathered Saturday to discuss their vision on how they would like...
By Tanu Henry and Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media Assemblymember Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City) says she’s extremely disappointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision...
By Emil Guillermo The politics of the week was as polarizing as it gets. President Biden spoke to the UN General assembly about defending democracy, especially...
By Lila Brown, California Black Media Environmental justice advocates in California petitioned Gov. Gavin Newsom this past summer, asking the state to direct a portion of...
By Millie Cleveland In 2018, after Oakland police officers, guns, and cruisers amassed to respond to a “dark-skinned” homeless man asleep with a gun nearby, Joshua...
By Emil Guillermo “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation,” begins Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
Hate Crimes Are Domestic Terrorism By Honorable Sandré R. Swanson The premeditated killings of three innocent, non-suspecting, African American citizens in Jacksonville, Fla., last Saturday was...
By Post Staff At the 12th annual Original Boogaloo Reunion on Sept. 16, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao paid tribute to an often-overlooked aspect of the city’s...
Mayor reiterates that chief was fired for “knee-jerk” response to criticisms and “poor judgment” By Ken Epstein The Oakland NAACP has issued a statement calling on...
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By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the “Ebony Alert” bill to help locate missing Black youth and Black women in...
Race, Israel, and the U.S. By Kitty Kelly Epstein | Special to The Post The world watches while Palestinians and Israelis struggle, and now Israel prevents...
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 Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media The California Latino Legislative Caucus (CLLC) celebrated its 50th anniversary with a black-tie event at the Orpheum Theatre...
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 Antonio Ray Harvey, Lila Brown and Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media On Oct. 7, Gov. Newsom’s office announced that he has signed...
By Lila Brown | California Black Media On Oct. 8, Gov. Newsom vetoed Assembly (AB) Bill 374. This legislation would have allowed business owners to operate...
By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed multiple housing bills aimed at tackling the state’s lack of affordable...
DA Pamela Price Increases Funding for Retail Theft Prosecutions Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price introduced her Organized Retail Theft Vertical Prosecution Team. In September, the Alameda...
By Conway Jones Wilfred Tibbs Ussery celebrated his 95th birthday with his family and friends on Oct. 8 at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in Oakland. Dr. Paul...
By Magaly Muñoz Post Staff During a Tuesday press conference held at the Oakland International Airport, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price unveiled six new billboards...
Part 4 By Tanya Dennis Roots are deep in Deep East Oakland. The Roots Community Health Center was founded in 1998 in Deep East Oakland at...
