Last week, Assemblymember Corey Jackson (D-Riverside) called Assemblymember Bill Essayli (R-Corona) a “bully” after a verbal spat between the lawmakers in the State Capitol’s Assembly chambers....
Young voters from the millennial generation and Gen Z are emerging as the demographic center of power in American politics, but new studies by UC Berkeley...
The following letter to California’s elected leadership was jointly authored last month by Fred Blackwell, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, and Miguel Santana, president and...
California State Controller Malia Cohen said she is “cautiously optimistic” after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the 2-24-25 state budget on June 29. Cohen, who serves as...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The question is why? The attempted political lynching of President Joe Biden has more to do with disingenuous political infighting than difficulties at...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 3 - 9, 2024
NNPA NEWSWIRE: We need a leader who understands the struggles of everyday Americans and has the vision and stamina to lead for the next eight years....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The CDA Credential is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education and it’s a key steppingstone on the path of career...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rev. Mark Thompson interviews Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo LIVE from the White House. The post LIVE! : Make it Plain at the...
Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao, headed by Seneca Scott and former Alameda judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, is leading the campaign to oust Thao from office. They...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson further warned of the broader implications of the ruling, suggesting that even a hypothetical president who commits grave crimes,...
“AASEG is clearly one of the positive things happening right now, and Oaklanders from the flatlands to the hills should be uniting to make sure that...
Mayor Sheng Tao promised to not allow the attacks to distract her from her duties. She pledged to work with the City Council to approve a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Writer and attorney Olayemi Olurin tweeted, “It is a failure on CNN not to fact-check Trump’s lies, but the thing is… if Joe...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a letter to publishers, Vice President Harris asserted that the NNPA has remained steadfast in its commitment to supporting Black publishers. “Your...
NEW YORK CARIB NEWS — “The resilience of remittances underscores their importance for millions of people,” said Dilip Ratha, lead economist and lead author of the report. “Leveraging remittances...
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Three years after hearing George Floyd cry “Mama” so desperately that it brought a country out of quarantine, Canadian-American journalist Sam Forster donned a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — LIVE Mass Poor People's and Low Wage Workers Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. The post LIVE Mass Poor...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of June 26 - July 2, 2024
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Founded on August 10, 1934, by local entrepreneur and legendary Civil Rights activist Cecil E. Newman, the MSR has chronicled local, state, national,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — CNN, which declined to provide Black-owned media with any of the more than eight hundred credentials it passed out, enabled a boatload of...
This year, Goodridge and Merissa Lyons, is expanding the event to include 11 more Caribbean restaurants in Oakland. The restaurants included are: AlaMar Dominican Kitchen, Calabash...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kinzinger, a self-described Republican moderate, served as an Illinois congressman from 2011 until last year. He gained prominence for his opposition to his...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The rejection has ignited a firestorm of criticism, highlighting the broader issue of racial inequity in media representation. Atlanta, a city with a...
THE AFRO — McKenzie led the audience on a whirlwind historical “roll call” of efforts to revise the narrative of cultural events around the globe, including...