Senator Bernie Sanders has weighed in on the Oakland City Council-at-Large race by endorsing Council President Rebecca Kaplan. Former Berkeley Mayor and longtime friend of Senator...
As the elections and voting cycle winds down, we all just witnessed, with rapt attention, the unraveling of the premature, immature, and amateur rapture culture phenomenon...
Student editors of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal have organized a remarkable symposium on “Technology Law as a Vehicle for Anti-Racism.” The two-day event, Nov. 12-13,...
An eerie message from Martin Luther King Jr. from 56 years ago today on October 27, 1964, has been found. The message sounds remarkably relevant to...
The California Democratic Party Black Caucus hosted statewide press conferences simultaneously across four locations on Thursday to call on Black Californians to support ballot initiatives on...
In the face of opposition, Mayor Libby Schaaf has withdrawn her proposed appointment of an ex-U.S. District Attorney as a police commission alternate. Brian Hauck, in...
Councilmembers voted unanimously near midnight at this week’s City Council meeting to give federal CARES funding to local job training agencies in light of the devastating...
I’ve been a rideshare driver with Uber for over a year and I’ve witnessed firsthand how companies like Uber and Lyft have consistently exploited low-income drivers...
Bay Area residents have been gathering to stop the Alameda County Sheriff from executing an eviction order against unhoused residents who live on an approximately 1.47...
The Sausalito Marin City School District (SMCSD) provides quality education for the children of our community. To help support the unification and integration process and address...
Michael Tubbs is Stockton’s first Black mayor and the youngest in the city’s history. He was elected at age 26 and is now 30 years old....
When I heard the sad news of the death of former Oakland A’s player Joe Morgan it reminded me of last week’s talk with Dave Kaval,...
A group of African American entrepreneurs and business people have put together a history-making proposal to purchase the Oakland Coliseum for $92 million to create the...
Over 50 people attended a rally against new proposed legislation, called the Encampment Management Policy, outside of Oakland’s City Hall on Oct. 10 from 1:00 p.m....
A committee of local educators created by the Oakland Post Editorial Board has endorsed candidates for the Oakland Board of Education in all four open races...
President of the Oakland Tennis Council Larry Atkins is advocating for the homeless who have been living at Athol Plaza Park on 2nd Ave across from...
A group of supporters convened at a press conference and rally for Alameda City Council hopeful Amos White in front of Alameda’s City Hall on Saturday,...
By a margin of two-to-one, likely Oakland voters believe that Oakland is headed down the wrong track and they overwhelmingly disapprove of the job being done...
The community committee to recommend electoral endorsements for City Attorney interviewed the candidates for that office. Based on our discussion, we asked civil rights attorney Walter Riley,...
Members of the teachers’ union, Oakland Education Association (OEA), are reacting angrily to letters from the school district top attorney they believe are intensifying antagonisms between...
Local labor and community leaders are denouncing ride-hailing corporation Lyft for funding a campaign to unseat Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan, who has a strong record for backing...
On Sept.29 Mayor London Breed announced that San Francisco churches could gather in person in accordance with the state health regulations. Allowing no more than 25%...
2020 is a big election year. With all eyes on the presidential race, Californians can’t afford to lose sight of our state and local elections. These decisions need the same amount of consideration being given...
H.R. 5309 also known as the CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) Act passed in the United States House of Representatives. The...
The Shoreline Leadership Academy via the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) is poised to receive up to $180,000 from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority....