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Alameda County D.A. Opposes Release of Men Convicted of Killing Journalist Chauncy Bailey
Yusuf Bey IV, a leader of the former Your Black Muslim Bakery, and Antoine Mackey, a staff member at the…
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100 Black Men to Offer Free Heart Health Screening on Oct. 21
The American Heart Association states that 48% of African American women and 44% of African American men have some form…
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Newsom Signs 56 Housing Bills to Boost Affordability, Help Tenants
Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of…
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IN MEMORIAM: Hughes Van Ellis, Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 102
Along with his older sister, Viola Fletcher, months-old Hughes Van Ellis fled the white mobs and fires that tore through…
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Gov. Newsom Passes Bill Allowing Legislative Staff to Unionize
“Today is a huge victory for the nearly 2,000 legislative and district staff that have dedicated their careers to public…
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CSU Workers Get Approval for Unionized Election
If the student workers’ effort to unionize is successful, they would be represented by the California State University Employee Union…
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California Latino Legislative Caucus Celebrates 50th Anniversary
“The issues that are bringing us together as Latinos are California issues, whether it’s housing insecurity and affordability, looking at…
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At Harvard, a Battle Over What Should Be Said About the Hamas Attacks
Harvard leadership, including its first Black president, Claudine Gay, came under fire for failing to voice an opinion, or take…
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COMMENTARY: War Against Palestine — Show Caution
Israel has taken over lands that were not part of Israel, has allowed Jewish settlers to take over Palestinian homes…
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Gov. Newsom Signs Sen. Steve Bradford’s Ebony Alert Bill into Law
Black women and girls are at increased risk of being harmed and sex trafficked. A recent report on human trafficking…
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Oakland Post: Week of October 11 – 17, 2023
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 11 - 17 2023 The post Oakland Post: Week…
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Long Food Lines in Richmond as Residents Endure Rising Costs
In the last eight months, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano has seen demand for its services increase…
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Oakland Post: Week of October 4 – 10, 2023
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of October 4 - 10, 2023 The post Oakland Post: Week…
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Change Coming to Bi-Monthly Food Distribution at Richmond Civic Center
The local food bank’s bi-monthly distributions at Richmond Civic Center will transition from drive-up to walk-up services starting on Oct.…
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The Rise East Project: Part 1 of 8 – Genesis of Oakland’s Black Cultural Zone and Rise East
The mission of the Black Panthers 10-point program, envisioned in 1966, germinated in 2000 at the first annual Malcolm Jazz…
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Giving is a Manifestation of the Heart
Under the warm rays of the sun, Stanley “Mista” Cox orchestrated his annual back-to-school backpack giveaway at the 44th and…
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The Rise East Project: The 40 x 40 Initiative to Bring New Vision on Quality of Life in Black East Oakland
In 2021, the 40x40 initiative was created by a coalition of community-based organizations, Roots Community Health Clinic, Black Cultural Zone…
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Local Black Leaders Break Silence on “Politicization” of Oakland NAACP Branch
Several lifelong NAACP members, including Black Business Round Table host Doug Blacksher and civil rights attorney Walter Riley, held a…
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Richmond Promise Distributes Laptops to College-Bound Students
Funded via Richmond Promise’s Grant from the City of Richmond’s Department of Children & Youth, the organization handed out nearly…
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COMMENTARY: I Have a Dream? MLK Jr. Said We’re Owed a Check, Too.
I wasn’t at the 60th commemoration of the March on Washington. But I was at the 50th in 2013, right…
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OPINION: MACRO, Oakland’s Civilian Policing Unit, Is Underutilized. Why?
The Coalition for Police Accountability hears from residents who associate CPA with the community advocacy and development of MACRO and are…
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Where is Oakland’s Outrage for One Mother’s Child?
For on this day in August, I would open my front door to police officers, yellow crime tape and the…
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