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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Protesters Chant: “I Can’t Breathe”
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety Failure to indict in Eric Garner’s death provokes outrage By Post Staff…
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…