Ken A. Epstein
Oakland Police Release Video footage in Two Police Involved Deaths
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety In an unprecedented move, the Oakland Police Department this week released body camera evidence…
California Bans Grand Juries in Police-Involved Deaths
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Uncategorized The ban is not a significant change to the pre-existing process, say civil rights…
Oakland’s Students Go Back to School
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth Flurry of activities sprout around city as families and educators prepare for opening day By Ken…
“Creating Joyful and Effective Schools” – Educators to Speak at Oakland Post Salon
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Media By Post Staff This month’s Post Salon will feature a dialogue on the politics and practice…
Mainstream Media Still Finds It Hard to Find Good News to Report About Oakland
Posted in Community, Media Posted in Community, Med (Left to right) Karen Boyd, communications director, City of Oakland; Christin Ayers, general assignment reporter…
S.F. Latino Community Leader Rosario Anaya, 70
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights By Wade Woods Former San Francisco School Board member and director of the Mission…
Commentary: Practice Restorative Justice to Shut Down Mass Incarceration
Posted in Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Mass incarceration, Police-Public Safety, Restorative Justice By Troy Williams According to the American Civil Liberties Union the school-to-prison pipeline…
Third Police Shooting Death During Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Administration
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Ashley Chambers Oakland police officers shot and killed a 24-year old man Wednesday evening…
Oakland Police Must Seek Ways to Avoid Deadly Force, Says Federal Monitor
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety Black and Latino motorists and pedestrians stopped and searched at higher rates By Ken…
Is America Hearing the Message Resonating from Behind Prison Walls?
Posted in Commentary, Equal Rights/Equity, Mass incarceration, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Troy William Commentary After reading articles written by Richard Johnson (in the…