Month: December 2015
Black Students Demand School District Take Steps to Reduce Racism at Berkeley High
Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Labor, Racial profiling By Ken Epstein In the wake of a racist, violent threat and…
Do Schaaf and Her Administration Bury City Policies They Oppose?
Posted in Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein At this week’s City Council meeting, Assistant to the City Administrator Joe…
Oakland City Councilmembers Reluctant to Call Housing State of Emergency
Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein The City of Alameda has been in the spotlight in the…
Oakland School District’s Catalog Promotes Charters That Exclude Special Needs Students
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Ken Epstein The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) for the first time has included…
Community Protesters: Amid Housing Crisis, Why is Council Funding More Police?
Posted in Affordable Housing, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Police-Public Safety By Tulio Ospina The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday evening to accept a controversial…
Anger Grows in Wake of Police Killing of Mario Woods
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling Video reveals six officers shot man with knife up against the wall By…
In Face of Community Pressure, D.A. Drops Case Against Black Friday 14
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Racial profiling By Post Staff Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley finally dropped criminal…
Black Students Demand School District Take Steps to Reduce Racism at Berkeley High
Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Labor, Racial profiling By Ken Epstein In the wake of a racist, violent threat and…
Neighborhood Coalition Awaits City Council Decision on East 12th Street Development
Posted in Affordable Housing, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures By Tulio Ospina The East 12th Wishlist Design Team, supported by the neighborhood coalition Eastlake…
Community Objects to Privately Funded OUSD Enrollment Reform
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Labor By Ken A. Epstein Members of the Board of Education and community activists are raising…