By Conway Jones Capitol Post News President Barack Obama this week appointed David Johns as executive director of the White House Initiative for Educational Opportunity of...
By Benjamin Todd Jealous and Chad Griffin A decade before Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, police...
The Internationally known African Children’s Choir will perform Friday, March 8 at 6 p. at The Church By the Side of the Road in Berkeley. The...
By Rikha Sharma Rani Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, the well known downtown Oakland nightclub that closed in early 2009 after a high-profile showdown with the Oakland Police...
By Conway Jones Capitol Post News President Barack Obama this week appointed David Johns as executive director of the White House Initiative for Educational Opportunity of...
By Stalfana Bello A daylong, free “Doctors on Board Program” conference will be held Saturday, March 9, at the Oakland Marriott Hotel, hosted by Physicians Medical...
By Ken A. Epstein The city’s administration has not implemented a City Council decision to begin sending complaints against Oakland police offers to a Civilian Complaint...
By Ken A. Epstein In an email exchange with city officials, the head of an Oakland Democratic club demanded “an immediate investigation” of why the city...
By Post Staff Oakland developer Phil Tagami failed to take the opportunity to respond to charges against him in a recent Oakland Post news article. Last...
By Post Staff The city is working to “expedite” cash advances to nonprofits that provide job training to Oakland youth, according to the city’s communications director....
In March, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery Alabama. Pictured above are Ralph Bunche, Dr. King,...
Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks became the first African-American woman to receive a statue in the Capitol when President Obama and congressional leaders unveiled it Wednesday....
By Tanya Dennis The Oakland Housing Assistance Office, which will help homeowners and tenants in fear of losing their homes, held a grand opening at its...
By Tanya Dennis Two years ago in 2011, I broke the locks on my foreclosed house in Berkeley and repossessed my home. By the time the...
“Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson,” is a new book that tells the story of a woman of unusual accomplishments—an anthropologist, a...
By Ken A. Epstein Businesswoman Darlene Ann Lawson-Scott, 75, who left a lasting impact on Oakland schools during two terms on the Board of Education, died...
By Josh Rojas A Tuskegee Airman, retired lieutenant colonel George Hardy, 87, fought fascism in World War II and helped break down racial barriers in the...
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., a predominantly Black fraternity founded in 1911 on the campus of Indiana University, will award $1,000 dollar scholarships to two high...
Courtesy UC Berkeley Public Affairs How do we effectively respond to sexual violence during war, and how can we better protect people during and after violent...
By Huffington Post Mississippi lawmakers have officially ratified the Constitution’s 13th Amendment, which banned slavery in 1865. 148 years after three-fifths of the states voted to...
Larry Gayden brings over 27 years of experience to his new position as Senior Controller of the YMCA of the East Bay. “Larry is highly versed...
Civicorps will hold its official opening of its new headquarters at 1425 5th St. across from the West Oakland BART station on Thursday, Feb. 28. Civicorps...
Senseless violence on the streets of Oakland has claimed the lives of many hopeful young people in recent months. As of Feb. 11, the city reported...
By Sandra Varner/ Talk2SV.com Currently running at The San Francisco Playhouse through March 16 is the aggressive and arresting Broadway hit, “The MF with The Hat”...
The San Leandro Recreation and Human Services Department has received a $10,000 donation from the San Leandro Optimist Club to support family and youth activities. The...
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