Month: December 2014

Ken A. Epstein

Police Chief Stands Up to Rank and File Officers’ Criticism

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety “I would do it again,” says chief who held “Black Lives Matter”…

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Ken A. Epstein

San Jose Cop on Leave After Posting Twitter Death Threats

Posted in Uncategorized Phillip White, a 20-year veteran police officer, is shown here in October teaching a class of…

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Why Supporting the Fight Against Racist Police Killings Could Mean a New Chapter in Environmentalism

Posted in Climate change, Commentary, Environment, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Responsive Government By Katie Valentine,ThinkProgress The Sierra Club has had its share of environmental…

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Oakland Protesters Blockade Police Department

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams Bearing a banner declaring “Black and Breathing,”…

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Growth Is Exploding in Oakland, Say Developers

Posted in Coliseum City, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government, Uncategorized  By Ken Epstein  Local business people packed into the grand ballroom…

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Schools’ Superintendent Calls on Educators to Understand the “Urgency of Now”

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ken A. Epstein Oakland Unified School District’s new superintendent Antwan Wilson has…

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Housing Issues Will Be a Priority for New District 2 Councilmember Abel Guillen

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures By Ken Epstein Abel Guillen, recently elected as the District 2 representative on of the…

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Black Students at Alameda’s Encinal High Hold Silent Protest

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter Special to the Post The Black Student Union (BSU) at Encinal High School…

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Oakland Street Academy’s Students, Jesse Jackson Say, “Black Lives Matter”

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ashley Chambers and Ken Epstein In an impromptu visit to Emiliano Zapata…

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Rashidah Grinage Passes the Torch at PUEBLO Celebration

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety John Yuasa Takes Over as Executive Director By Ken Epstein Rashidah Grinage is…

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