By Charles Blackwell Special to The Post Last week, The Post published Part 1 of a commentary on the effects of rap/hip-hop music on youth. Part...
Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, who represents Oakland District 4, is strongly opposed to the proposed increase in [Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s] salary by $75,000 per year, given...
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...
The California Assembly ushered in new leadership with the swearing in of Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 30. Rivas replaces...
The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans delivered its final report to the California Legislature two days before the July...
The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its 11th annual Legacy Hall of Fame induction...
The Multicultural Institute (MI) has been selected as a 2023 California Nonprofit of the Year by California State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks of Assembly District 14, which...
In California, an increasing number of Japanese, Jewish and other non-Black groups are expressing their support for reparations to Black American residents of the state who...
The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29 in Sacramento. The...
By Srishti Prabha | CapRadio | Special to the OBSERVER A 2019 report by Create CA found that 89% of public schools in California were not...
The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans is recommending that the State Legislature fund a governmental department dedicated to assisting...
The 2024 general election is over a year away but candidates across California have begun throwing their hats in the ring to run for state office....
The My Brother’s Keeper Bay Area Alliance held its inaugural ‘A3- Awareness, Advocacy, and Action’ Youth Summit on Saturday, March 25, at Levi Stadium in Santa...
The state has spent billions of dollars on homelessness in recent years. So why is the crisis getting worse instead of better? That's what a bipartisan...
One word, uttered under breath by a California lawmaker, captured a sentiment, at times boiling over into anger, among legislators struggling to get more California students...
Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that project the reparations owed to Black...
The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) has launched its annual Frederick Roberts Scholarship Program for college-level study. “We invite our community partners to share this scholarship...
Hundreds of fans packed into the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Friday, March 10 for the California Interstate Federation (CIF) Division 1 Girls Basketball Championship...
Last week, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced five cities — Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, and Fresno — have signed...
The Oakland High School varsity basketball team took the state championship on Friday, March 11 in Sacramento at Golden Arco 1 Center. The team’s 59-43 victory...
Last week, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) joined a diverse panel of women legislators at the “Women in California’s Legislature: 2023 Speaker Series on California’s Future” luncheon...
A large community of unhoused people have been living in an empty lot at 1707 Wood Street. The city of Oakland would like to remove them...
On Wednesday, March 7, new Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price added a second charge to a man already accused of a hate crime. “Hate crimes...
This past weekend, the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans received insight on how the state government might implement recommendations...
Numerous studies have confirmed that homelessness and behavioral and mental health problems affect African Americans at disproportionate rates in California and around the United States.
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