By Richard Johnson, Folsom Prison A casual glimpse at our surroundings will provide us with a clear depiction of the obvious dismal conditions that we find...
Performing Stars of Marin recently held their second annual event, “ENLIGHTEN,” in recognition of Women’s History Month on Saturday, March 21 at the Manzanita Recreation Center...
By Post Staff Despite pleas from the public and staff at Doctor’s Medical Center in San Pablo, the doors to the hospital that houses West Contra...
Hundreds of Black activists, educators, entrepreneurs, healers and artists convened last weekend for “a People’s Assembly” to discuss and strategize solutions to improve life for Black...
Several hundred students, parents and teachers held a rally and marched through the streets of East Oakland this week to demonstrate their solidarity with the teachers’...
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s San Francisco chapter hosted its 10th annual “Bridging the Generations – Golden Girls Hats and Gloves Tea” Saturday, March...
Special to The Post A group of parents of 43 disappeared students and surviving students from the teachers’ school, “Raúl Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapa, Mexico,...
Oakland Unified School District Antwan Wilson and his new team of administrators recently met with Pastors of Oakland, the African American Chamber of Commerce and the...
A number of community leaders are speaking out in support of a new city department designed to decrease inequities and racial barriers in city policies and...
The subject of mental illness has been taboo in the African American community for too long. Too often these issues have been locked behind closed doors,...
OCCUR and The San Francisco Foundation FAITHS Program will host the second in a series of free workshops, the 2015 Model Built on Faith Capacity Building...
Local residents are organizing to attend the Wednesday, April 1 meeting of the Oakland Planning Commission to oppose the proposed sale of public land on East...
Neighbors gathered at Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland Wednesday night to discuss their concerns about the new AC Transit project, called Bus Rapid Transit...
Last week, Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in Oakland hosted “The Benefit of Words,” a performance event benefitting Marcus Books. The night was filled with music, poetry, and...
By Min. Ron Linzie Editor’s note: Ron Linzie was the co-founder of the Broadway Hustlers, the AC Mob and a former Acorn gang leader. He is...
A subcommittee of the Oakland Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Youth Council, called the West Oakland Working Group, met on Feb. 4, and the meeting was ruled...
Alameda County and other California counties have begun receiving millions of dollars a year to partially offset the state decision to save money by shifting many...
A “Color Up San Leandro: A Run for Fun!” will be held to support the Youth Advisory Commission of San Leandro (YAC) on Saturday, March 21...
The Oakland Unified District seems to be acting on a presumption that its headquarters – the Paul Robeson Administration Building at 1025 Second Ave. – that...
The Berkeley Library Board of Trustees is expected to soon make a decision on a proposal to name the South Branch Library at 1901 Russell St....
The East Bay Small Business Council recently honored several local leaders for their dedication to business and the community. Featured speakers at the Small Business Council’s...
The prison letters from Richard Johnson’s Soledad Prison cell are being reprinted, posted on Facebook and even cited in some sermons throughout the Bay Area. Ministers...
After a man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run car accident this past Friday, Carol Jones, a leader in the West Oakland community, came to...
The Oakland Unified School District has put its community engagement process on “reset” after plans to rebuild its central office complex blew up in its face...
The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded San Francisco $25.6 million in HUD’s Continuum of Care grants to fund 60 San Francisco-based organizations and...
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