Assembly Bill (AB) 873, authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), was signed on Oct. 14. By integrating media literacy instruction into the four core subjects...
Berkeley has “a longstanding commitment to linguistic diversity and the humanistic insights that come from the study of world languages, literatures and cultures,” said Rick Kern,...
Magaly Muñoz recently began a two-year fellowship covering local news for the Oakland Post as a full-time reporter, supported by the California Local News Fellowship. “As...
Less than half of the Black students enrolled at California State University (CSU) campuses graduate. That troubling statistic was one data point in an announcement released...
On Feb. 16, 2022, a Black student in the Santa Barbara Unified School District was assaulted by Latino students. His attackers called him the N-word and...
The name Henry O. Flipper shines as a symbol of resilience and triumph over adversity. Born to enslaved parents, Isabella and Festus Flipper, on March 21,...
Despite the rising demand and rapid adaptation to online education, a recent report raises troubling concerns about how the state’s higher education system is negatively impacting...
Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, deputy mayor of the City of Oakland, met with elected officials in France, including two members of the French National Assembly, and visited...
Ten years after the launching of the ‘infamous’ The Crisis magazine, W.E.B. Du Bois, Augustus Granville Dill and Jessie Redmon Fauset had another idea: they called...
Mildred Aristide, a member of the Board of Administration of the University of the Dr. Aristide Foundation (UniFA), will discuss the remarkable work of UniFA and...
If the student workers’ effort to unionize is successful, they would be represented by the California State University Employee Union (CSUEU). Over 20,000 student assistants across...
Harvard leadership, including its first Black president, Claudine Gay, came under fire for failing to voice an opinion, or take a formal stance against the war...
A graduate of Sacramento State University, Muñoz’s journalism experience includes working for the State Hornet, the university’s student-run newspaper and conducting research and producing projects for...
Dr. Kyla Johnson Trammell, superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District, was among the distinguished list of professional and outstanding women being honored by the San...
Gang violence is raging in Deep East Oakland, also known as “Bossland,” where gun shots are heard daily, and recently, youth and the East Bay Panthers...
Oakland families gathered at Lazear Charter Academy last Thursday night to meet the candidates running to represent District 5 on the Oakland Unified School District’s school...
: Stephen and Ayesha Curry are committing to raise $50 million over the next three years to support Oakland schools, children, and families through the Currys’...
The Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series presents a conversation with Virtual Murrell on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Huey P. Newton...
On Oct. 14, visitors will make the annual trek to Allensworth, a historic township in Tulare County founded by Blacks, to celebrate a little-known piece of...
Before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1078, legislation prohibiting book bans in California, he told Assemblymember Corey Jackson (D-Riverside), who authored the bill, “I...
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, California Senator Alex Padilla introduced legislation initiatives to expand opportunities for Latino students in higher education and highlight Hispanic Serving...
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley and Morgan State University Police Chief Lance Hatcher told reporters that the incident happened around 9:25 p.m. when university police officers,...
Chabot Elementary School in the Rockridge District of North Oakland was evacuated Tuesday after receiving a racist bomb threat and “multiple threatening emails, phone calls and...
Funded via Richmond Promise’s Grant from the City of Richmond’s Department of Children & Youth, the organization handed out nearly 40 laptops provided by Oakland-based Tech...
This year the rankings, now in their 20th edition, were based on five criteria: teaching (the learning environment); research environment (volume, income and reputation); research quality (citation...