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Oakland Post: Week of January 15 – 21, 2025
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Oakland Post: Week of January 8 – 14, 2025
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U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School Lessons
Barbara Lee said she still treasures her CD Sunday school lessons that she participated in as a visitor to Jimmy…
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January Is Mental Wellness Month
Mental illness affects people differently. Children ages 6-17 are three times more likely to repeat a grade if they have…
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Book Review: Building the Worlds That Kill Us: Disease, Death, and Inequality in American History
Nearly five years ago, while interviewing residents along the Mississippi River in Louisiana for a book they were writing, authors…
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Tina Thompson: Champion, Legend, and Pioneer of Women’s Basketball
Known for her signature red lipstick, Thompson displayed confidence and style on the court, becoming an icon both for her…
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‘Giants Rising’ Film Screening in Marin City Library
A journey into the heart of America’s most iconic forests, “Giants Rising” tells the epic tale of the coast redwoods…
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Oakland Post: Week of January 1 – 7, 2025
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‘Resist’ a Look at Black Activism in U.S. Through the Eyes of a Native Nigerian
In 1995, after she and her brothers traveled from their native Nigeria to join their mother at her new home…
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Oakland Community Art Center is Helping Immigrants Heal from Trauma
The programs are catered to youth and adults with programs called “Arts in Schools” and “Arts and Wellness.” Students are…
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IN MEMORIAM: Oakland’s ‘Man of Steal,’ Baseball Icon Rickey Henderson, Dies at 65
Henderson’s wife, Pamela, said in a statement: “It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of my husband,…
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Life After Domestic Violence: What My Work With Black Women Survivors Has Taught Me
Survivors sometimes lack awareness about the dynamics of healthy relationships, particularly when one has not been modeled for them at…
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FILM REVIEW: The Six Triple Eight: Tyler Perry Salutes WWII Black Women Soldiers
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The film features an all-star cast including Susan Sarandon as Eleanor Roosevelt, Sam Waterston as President Franklin…
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Bay Area Soda Taxes Don’t Just Affect Sales: They Help Change People’s Minds
UC Berkeley researchers found that taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, coupled with media attention, coincided with significant changes in social norms…
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Richmond Dispensary First in Contra Costa County to Operate ‘Full Time’
“Full time” means the dispensary located on Pierce Street at Central in the Richmond Annex neighborhood is now open for…
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Oakland Post: Week of December 25 – 31, 2024
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Ashleigh Johnson: Pioneering the Way in Water Polo
Ashleigh Johnson attended Princeton University, where she played for the Tigers and dominated collegiate water polo. During her time at…
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Books for Ghana
We effectively facilitated cross-continent community building! We met the call and provided 400 books for ASC’s students at the call…
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In ‘Affrilachia: Testimonies,’ Puts Blacks in Appalacia on the Map
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez An average oak tree is bigger around than two people together can reach. That…
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Oakland Post: Week of December 18 – 24, 2024
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Promise Marks Performs Songs of Etta James in One-Woman Show, “A Sunday Kind of Love” at the Black Repertory Theater in Berkeley
"The (show) is a fictional story about a character named Etta, aka Lady Peaches," said Marks. "She falls in love…
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‘Let’s Glow SF,’ ‘Paints’ Holiday-Themed Light Shows on Landmark Buildings in Downtown San Francisco
The ‘canvases’ for Let’s Glow SF, which began on Dec. 6 and continues through Dec. 13, include 101 California St.,…
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Oakland Post: Week of December 11 – 17, 2024
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Post News Group to Host Second Town Hall on Racism, Hate Crimes
The mission of CRD is to protect the people of California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations…
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Oakland Post: Week of December 4 – 10, 2024
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of December 4 - 10, 2024, 2024 The post Oakland Post:…
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