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Oakland Post: Week of October 1 – 7, 2025
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Tee Jay Jetson: The Voice Behind Beebe’s Announcements Steps Into the Spotlight
A longtime storyteller with a background in writing, Jetson was captivated when she first stood at the mic to tell…
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Oakland Post: Week of September 17 – 23, 2025
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A Question of Lynching in Mississippi
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The autopsy for Trey Reed is underway. The 21-year-old student of Delta State University was found dead…
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Trump Intensifies Campaign to Rewrite American History
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trump administration has intensified its campaign to rewrite how America tells its history, ordering federal agencies…
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Columnist Karen Attiah Fired at The Washington Post
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — According to Attiah, she was the last full-time Black opinion columnist at The Post, where she was…
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Opinion: Can Donald Trump Pole Dance?
Given all that is happening, if the presidency was more like pole dancing, you know Trump would be flat on…
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Book Review: American Kings – A Biography of the Quarterback
Wickersham calls his book “a biography,” but it’s just as much a history, since he refers often to the earliest…
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Oakland Post: Week of September 10 – 16, 2025
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Oakland Private Industry Council Hosts Gala to Uplift Community Health and Opportunity
The congregation, which only last year marked its 100th anniversary, hopes the upcoming prayer walk will amplify their plea to diocesan leaders to reconsider the sale…
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Newark: Brenda Knight Inspires and Educates at Breast Cancer Conference
Knight, as a motivational speaker, leans on her life experience as a mother, wife, community advocate, and professional leader to…
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Oakland Post: Week of September 3 – 9, 2025
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RFK Junior and Vaccines: Bad Mix
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Democratic senators are in a unified chorus calling for Robert F. Kennedy Junior, the Secretary of Health…
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Oakland Post: Week of August 27 – September 2, 2025
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Study Reveals Disparities, Broken Promises at Regional Center of the East Bay
The promises to improve transparency in the CAP issuance, commitments to publish referral and payment equity data, and the pledge…
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Bring on the Bands: The Roots of African American Music on Stage at Black-Eyed Pea Festival
Grammy-nominated Andre Thierry of Accordion Soul Music, second-line band MJ’s Brass Boppers, the Oakland School for the Arts jazz band,…
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Black Lawmakers at Forefront of Newsom-Trump Redistricting Clash
Lawmakers have set an expedited schedule for passing the bills: introduce them in both houses when they return from recess…
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Oakland Post: Week of August 20 – 26, 2025
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Oakland Post: Week of August 13 – 19, 2025
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Oakland Post: Week of July 18 – 24, 2025
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Oakland Post: Week of July 9 – 15, 2025
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Celebrating Black music month: From Billie to Gabby, Go-Go to Gospel
Black Music Month is a celebration of the Baltimore-Washington corridor's rich musical tapestry, from jazz legends Billie Holiday and Duke…
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