A Black, South Asian Indian woman from Oakland -- the first ever to be elected to the United States presidency. That was the headline of hope....
“The legacy of Jim Crow is not just a legacy in Alameda County. It's real. It is what is happening and how (the system is) operating,...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 30 - November 5, 2024
It’s been two years since negotiations broke down between the City of Oakland and a developer who wants to build a coal terminal here, and the...
After manning the fry station in Bucks County, what will “McDonald Trump” do next? The Palabok and Chicken Joy at the Philadelphia Jollibee for the Filipino...
Let’s be blunt: Defund the Police is not just a failure—it’s a farce. Consider Oakland’s much-hyped MACRO program, designed to respond to 911 calls without armed...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 23 - 29, 2024
On Oct. 14, two people got sick at a Donald Trump Town Hall in Pennsylvania. But Trump seemed indifferent -- to either the people who fell...
For too long, Black, Latino, and lower-income communities, particularly those in industrial truck corridors along West and East Oakland and near busy highways, have been subjected...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 16 - 22, 2024
The Post reached out to the eight candidates across Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 to see what their views are on various topics concerning the...
The job of the District Attorney’s Office is to do justice, not revenge. Since I was an NAACP leader and then a Congress of Racial Equality...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 9 - 15, 2024
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Vice President Kamala Harris positioned herself as a problem-solver, taking on issues like housing, childcare, and the economy. In her opening statement, she...
She’s still calling herself the underdog, but the biracial woman from Oakland, half Black and half Asian American, just changed the race for the presidency of...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 25 - October 1, 2024
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 18 - 24, 2024
The N-word’s use in schools, intentionally or otherwise, preserves a cycle of racial abuse, degradation, and discrimination which are violations to the dignity of African American...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 11 - 17, 2024
The tragic shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia on Sept. 4, claiming four lives, is a sobering reminder of the grave threat gun violence poses...
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) had rhetorical flourishes that still resonate. If you’ve ever been underestimated, ignored, or made to feel invisible by others who assumed...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 4 - 10, 2024