Mitchell Hardin, Jr. passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fremont, CA on April 5, 2018 at the age of...
Mark Zuckerberg’s misuse of the data personal information of his faithful Black Facebook users requires that he establish a small $100 million-dollar fund to repair the...
Rev. Frank Pinkard is a pastor at Evergreen Baptist Church on West Macarthur Blvd. in Oakland. He was active in the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968,...
A diverse innovative group of youth has been selected to take part in VR Odyssey Spring Sessions, a grand leap CS / STEM program focused on...
On April 10, the Community and Economic Development Committee and the Life Enrichment Committee will hear Oakland City Councilmember-At-Large Rebecca Kaplan’s resolution to encourage the community development...
With a long list of number one singles, sold out tours and a best-selling memoir, Charlie Wilson has more than proven that he’s “In It to...
Congresswoman Lee with Memphis Sanitation workers who striked with Dr. King fifty years ago for equal pay and safer working conditions. Photo from @RepBarbaraLee twitter account....
Community organizers, parents and educators convened last week at Oakland’s Kingston 11 Jamaican Restaurant to take part in a kickoff for the State of Black Education...
Carla Thomas, June Williams, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Jennifer Madden Former First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage at Oracle Arena on March 28th for...
The next Post Salon will discuss the question: what should the City of Oakland do with publically owned land? The following alternatives will be discussed: Should...
Oakland Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan is proposing a resolution to help improve safety for young people by allocating more funding for school crossing guards. “To encourage our...
The Oakland International Film Festival will be held next week, Tuesday, April 3 through Saturday, April 7, featuring 65 films over the five-day period. This year’s main...
Black Americans have twice as much unemployment as white workers. You can see one of the causes if you walk by any construction site and count...
NAACP celebrates phenomenal women of the community at the African American Museum and Library of Oakland. Front row, from left to right: Allie Whitehurst, Chairperson; Honorees:...
By Desley Brooks | District 6 Councilwoman Construction is booming in Oakland. From almost anywhere in the city you can see cranes, building materials stacked near...
Students and supporters celebrated before the group left for their10-day study trip. Photo By Ken Epstein. More than two dozen students from McClymonds High and other...
More than 1,100 students in grades 6-12 and their families gathered in Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland for the 18th Annual Latinx Student Honor Roll...
ACE Home Health Care & Hospice partner Deacon Harold Goodman. Photo by Sue Taylor. “Presentation without demonstration is only conversation,” says Rev. Olu Bereola as he...
By Jonah Strauss, Homeless Advocacy Working Group In the rapidly-developing architecture of homeless support in Oakland, there are two missing building blocks: a large and sustainable...
A group of nine young leaders from East Bay schools, organized and led by Regina Jackson of East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), will participate in...
Members and supporters attend March 8 meeting of Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC). Rev. Ken Chambers is shown at bottom, second from right. The City...
Registered nurse Monica Ramos of West Oakland holds a sign at a rally on March 20 outside of the OPD calling for the arrest of BART...
Faithfully, every Monday afternoon, hundreds of Oakland’s growing homeless population and needy families that live on the streets or under freeway overpasses , are served nutritious...
Businessman Virtual Murrell talks with the Honorable Willie Brown at the Niagara Movement Democratic Club’s 45th Anniversary at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in Oakland. Photo by Carla...
In a couple of weeks, Culture Keepers, a cultural exchange program will take 28 Oakland students to Johannesburg, South Africa to participate in “The South Africa...