Family, friends and community members gathered Tuesday morning at the West Oakland BART station to protest the killing of 28-year-old Sahleem Tindle, who was allegedly unarmed and had...
Council responds to mayor’s attempt to redirect funds for public health to close the city’s budget. The City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee on Tuesday approved a...
Desley Brooks’ campaign for reelection to the District 6 seat on the Oakland City Council was endorsed this week by prominent activist Bobby Seale, co-founder of...
By Jeffrey Heyman Throughout the year, the Peralta Colleges—Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt—hold some of the best African-American and Ethnic Studies...
By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor On the morning in the fall of 2015 when I heard about the argument and physical confrontation between former Black Panther chairperson...
The Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat, MPA, and CEO of the Alameda County Care Alliance, has been described as motivational, inspirational with a passion for life...
In the past two years only 9 percent of work hours on City of Oakland-funded construction projects went to African-Americans. At the same time, some elected...
A gunshot was fired through the window of Post Publisher Paul Cobb’s home last Thursday evening at 9:25 p.m. Neither Cobb nor his wife Gay Plair...
The Black College Expo (BCE) state-to-state tour, presented by the National College Resources Foundation (NCRF), will host its 15th Annual Black College Expo Oakland at the...
By John Jones III50 years ago, Dr. King and our other social justice ancestors fought for African Americans to have equal rights and to claim the...
Speakers concerned about Chief Kirkpatrick’s interference in council decisions; Her actions also cost her former employer, City of Spokane, $1.7 million jury award Conflicts about...
Delina Patrice Brooks is one of the choreographers whose work is being showcased at the 2018 Black Choreographers Festival. Photo courtesy of her web site. The...
Events every Saturday in February honor Black veterans of various American wars By Marco Frazier This year’s Black History Month theme is African Americans in Times...
A new City of Oakland report showd that during the past two years African American workers obtained a little over 9 percent of journeyman and apprentice...
High school students were among those who came out to speak at the Public Safety Committee meeting in Nov. 10 to oppose Oakland Police Department participation...
Sources are concerned Mayor Schaaf advocated for rules change to remove Kaplan. The Alameda County Mayors’ Conference will decide on March 14 whether it will...
By Daktari Shari Renée Hicks, Psy.D. It is seldom directly recognized that rhythmic harmonious movement is the natural state of being. Evidence of this fact is...
By Barbara Lee Since my election to Congress in 1998, I have attended every State of the Union. I have always believed that this event should...
Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated host the San Francisco Bay Area Sigma Zeta Council annual Founders’ Day Celebration...
Kids, coaches and community members enjoy the newly renovated gym at the Bushrod Recreation Center in Oakland, donated by Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors....
The highest ranking African American Member of Congress, South Carolina Representative James Clyburn, is coming to the East Bay Thursday, Feb. 1 for a public lecture,...
Players and coaches of the McClymonds High School Warriors football team rode through the streets of Oakland Friday, Jan. 19 to celebrate their historic California State...
No schools have yet been identified for closing, says district Rumors have been circulating around the Oakland Unified School District mentioning names of schools that may...
Truck driver Martin Kauffman (far left) and electrician Art Ramirez (far right), who both donated their services to deliver Laney College’s tiny home prototype to West...
The Oakland Unified School District and AC Transit have announced that bus transportation service to Montera Middle School, Skyline High School and Community Day School will...
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