By Charles Cole Recently, the NAACP called for a moratorium on charter schools, which would deal a blow to African-American families and their right to...
A panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rebuked the North Carolina legislature for acting with “discriminatory intent” in passing restrictions on the right...
By Mshinda Nyofu U.S. Congressman Steven A. King (R-IA), speaking recently on MSNBC segment, disparaged the historic contributions of non-Europeans. He said: “I’d...
By Ann Berlak This year, more than a quarter of Oakland’s 49,000 students are attending one of its nearly 40 charter schools, far more per...
For those of you who think we live in a world of equality let me explain why we must have “The Talk” with our African...
By Pastor Gerald Agee, Andy Nelson and Elena Serrano, The Oakland City Council will vote July 19 an unprecedented $600 million Infrastructure bond, allocating $350...
By Jovanka Beckles I would like to see our Black communities across the country stand up in outrage, just as many in Muslim communities are...
It is undisputed that the Second Amendment guarantees that anyone is entitled to bear arms. But, at the same time, I don’t believe that the...
By Beatrice Sanchez It’s been three years since I lost the most important person in my life. My mother passed away from congestive...
By Len Raphael By now, every Oakland homeowner should have received their property tax bill. There are several items in small print to look at...
By Michael B Hudson, CMT Integration Inc. Having the opportunity to utilize current technology in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is always a...
By Assemblymember Tony Thurmond Since the Medicare and Medicaid program’s simultaneous signage into law by President Johnson 50 years ago, over 48 million Americans...
By Troy Williams A few days ago, I was introduced to a group of Black Greek letter organizations. Initially, I assumed the organization was...
By Darrel Carey Once again we see the new population of Oakland attempting to run the political and economic agenda of Oakland and specifically, in...
By Richard Wembe Johnson, Folsom Prison The senseless demented forces that propelled that young white man to slaughter innocent Charleston, S.C. Black churchgoers, while praying...
By Troy Williams California Lawyers for the Arts and the William James Association, in collaboration with the University of San Francisco (USF), recently hosted a...
By Richard Wembe Johnson, Folsom Prison There have been some new positions taken with regard to changing the laws that would allow some prisoners the...
By Gwen Moore The life of a man with schizophrenia, 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, ended after he was struck by 14 bullets from a Milwaukee...
By Jesse Jackson Not unlike the four little girls killed in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, today the nation and the world...
By David Sayen People ask me all kinds of questions about Medicare. One of the most frequent concerns is whether they should sign up for...
The City of Oakland has many reasons to be a leader on racial justice and social equity. In order to ensure that Oakland makes improvements that...
By Dan Siegel Dismissing Dylann Storm Roof as simply a crazy bigot is a big mistake. He may be both, but so were Hitler and...
By Congresswoman Barbara Lee An article in the recent Post Newspaper, “Oakland is Losing Its Racial, Age and Economic Diversity,” highlights the growing crisis of...
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.” Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV) “And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand...
Last month at the graduation ceremony of Tuskegee University, a historically Black college, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke candidly about the racial barriers facing African Americans...
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