“Libraries are such critical facilities for all Oaklanders, whether it’s children coming to story-time, adults reading the newspapers or borrowing the latest novels, and people engaging...
The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,” brought an unprecedented throng to the National Mall on Aug. 28, 1963. From every corner of the U.S.,...
I had the privilege to have a sit-down interview with Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price on July 16. Accompanying me were Post News Group publisher...
On July 7 and 8, the California Families Against Solitary Confinement (CFASC) held a symposium at California State University at Fullerton to celebrate the 10th anniversary...
The California Black Women's Collective Empowerment Institute (CABWCEI) is launching a statewide effort called “Conversations for Black Women — Building an Economic Action Plan Tour” in...
Cathy Adams, CEO of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC), invited Gay Plair Cobb, Post News Group (PNG) co-owner, and Elaine Brown, former Black...
UC Berkeley Grad Continues to Bring International Economic Empowerment for Women
We always knew that we would have to fight for good pay and benefits.
Jassal has been a committed volunteer in Oakland, preparing and serving food for the hungry with Post co-publisher Gay Plair Cobb at First Presbyterian Church and...
The former player-coach and Gary Reeves, her development partner, have talked with Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and members of the African American Sports Entertainment Group since...
We will ultimately be successful in our efforts to reach the goal of our fundraising campaign but will also ensure that the native Oakland community of...
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...
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...
Before 1968, California colleges were pretty much all white. A courageous group of young Black people decided that this was unacceptable, and they were going...
Two hundred civic and community members gathered in Alameda at the Almanac Brewery on Oct. 8 for the State of the 18th Assembly District address and...
In a packed chamber in Oakland on Tuesday morning, March 26, 2019, Alameda County Supervisors Scott Haggerty, Richard Valle, Nate Miley, Keith Carson, Wilma Chan, in...
Gay Plair Cobb, Oakland Private Industry Council CEO, speaks Tuesday at Community and Economic Development Committee meeting. Photo by Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic...
Residents from a number of community groups attended the City Council’s Rules and Legislation Committee, calling on the committee to support a temporary “moratorium on evictions...
Mary V. King, an Oakland native who was the first African American on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and served as AC Transit general manager,...
The City Council is considering an amendment to its Prompt Payment Ordinance that would ensure nonprofit organizations that do business with the City of Oakland receive...
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Tuesday visited the Cypress Mandela Training Center in Oakland, a nationally recognized program that...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee visited Oakland’s Private Industry Council’s Career Center at 1212 Broadway in Oakland on Thursday morning to show her support to 23,000 local residents...
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