By Quiana Lewis (Quiana Lewis joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2014 as a program associate, working to build a Culture of Health by...
The stirring film “Selma” ends with Dr. King leading civil rights marchers across the bridge and to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It...
By Michael D. Bell, M.D. On Christmas Day, I started my shift at Children’s Hospital Oakland’s Emergency department and suddenly I heard trauma stat full...
By Richard Johnson, Soledad State Prison Even though we find ourselves locked down it doesn’t mean that we should negate our responsibility as parents, if anything...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison I truly believe that the opportunity to present my views in the Post News Group allows me to bring a...
The federal government is discussing how many standardized tests they will require of school districts, and how they will use tests to judge teachers and students.
By Troy Williams The most difficult part about doing time in prison is not living in a 4-foot-by-9-foot cage. It’s not having to live in...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison Prison – by its very nature – is designed to sever family bonds and destroy the dynamic unity that...
This commentary was submitted by Michael McCauley, Consumers Union; Bruce Mirken & Paul Goodman, Greenlining Institute; Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance; Mindy Spatt, TURN; and, Sarah Swanbeck,...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison What has kept me optimistically hopeful is my belief in God, not man. I truly believe that He...
By Jumoke Hinton Hodge, District 3 Oakland School Board Member The Oakland Post headline was shocking to say the least. There is nothing written or recorded...
By Kim Carter Martinez My name is Kim. I am Black, I am Jewish, and my life matters. For the last few months, our country has...
“Dr. King had awakened something strong and true, a sense that true justice must be colorblind, and that among white and Black Americans, as he put...
By Conrad Baldwin Did California’s courts issue thousands of void and unenforceable restraining orders between 1999 and 2007? Did those void orders cause the false arrest...
By Krystal Curtis, Laney College student Growing up in San Francisco, people in the community became accustomed to the violence, trends, music, and everything the media...
I offer my New Year’s resolution – for Black America to be resolved to address the ills of the community. Let us finally confront the reality...
By Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Oakland City Council President The East Bay Express (EBX) has been investigating me for the last nine months – digging into my...
I approach 2015 with mixed emotions but remain hopeful. Our economy is improving from the collapse of 2008. Our stock market has rebounded, employment rates are...
During this wonderful Christmas season, I would like to offer my Christmas wish list for Black America. Love – my first wish. It is so easy...
The protests began in Ferguson, exploding after the prosecutor announced that the policeman who killed Michael Brown would not be brought to trial. They spread across...
Every so often in life, you encounter defining moments; events that contain echoes of your past, underscore the urgency of the present, and clarify the...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison Editor’s note: Post publisher Paul Cobb attended Richard Johnson’s release hearing, who had served 29 years in prison. His release...
The Ferguson police murder of Michael Brown is unsettling enough; an unarmed Black teenager shot 12 times from a distance of 148 feet. The real tragedy...
Ferguson is too important to be treated on the margins. It is too important to lead the news one day, and disappear the next. The shooting...
Ethnic Studies advocates in Los Angeles won a school board resolution recently that makes ethnic studies a part of the graduation requirements. Possible courses include African-American...
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