$2.7 million #CaliforniansForAll Youth Jobs Corps investment in Marin’s FIRE Foundry program to diversify the firefighting response workforce Courtesy of Marin County On Aug. 23, California...
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)...
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 Post Staff Oakland is featured in a powerful new film, “Bottled Spirits,” premiering at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on Sept. 2. Three Black artists who...
By Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor The late T-Bone Walker, blues singer, said, “The first time I ever heard a boogie-woogie piano was when I went...
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 Edward Henderson, California Black Media As parents across California focus on purchasing new clothes, school supplies and technological aids for their children for the coming...
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 Godfrey Lee The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Galleries is presenting “David Johnson: In the Zone (1945-1965),” an exhibition that is being displayed through January...
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 Christina Dello Buono Surging mortgage rates combined with double-digit price gains are putting homeowners and potential buyers in a tough spot. First-time homebuyers, in particular,...
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 Tamara Shiloh The minstrel shows of the early 19th century are believed by some to be the roots of Black theatre. However, they were written,...
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...
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By Edward Henderson, California Black Media The California – Hawaii State Conference National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”) NAACP and Conference President Rick...
By Emil Guillermo For the last 12 years, the chief justice of California’s State Supreme Court has been Tani Cantil-Sakauye, a history-making Filipino American, the first...
Courtesy of Marin County Acting Marin County Sheriff Jamie Scardina had the “acting” taken off his title July 19 when the Marin County Board of Supervisors...
By Godfrey Lee Marin County District Attorney Lori E. Frugoli recently distributed an informational booklet “Let’s Start Talking – A Parent’s Toolkit for Understanding Substance Use...
Courtesy of Marin County Work will begin the first week of August to revise street lighting on the median islands along one mile of Sir Francis...
