Elections & Voting Rights

Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”

Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…

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Ken A. Epstein

Nurses Back Bernie Sanders for President

Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Elections & Voting Rights, Environment, Health, Labor, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, voting rights Candidate calls for an end to racism and mass…

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Ken A. Epstein

Post Publisher Calls for New Voting Rights Movement

Posted in Elections & Voting Rights, Equal Rights/Equity, voting rights By Post Staff  Fifty years ago, Post Publisher Paul Cobb went…

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Ken A. Epstein

Three Generations of a Family Continue the Fight for Voting Rights

Posted in Arts and Culture, Commentary, Elections & Voting Rights, History and remembering By Tasha Ellis Have you ever believed that you…

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Ken A. Epstein

President to Award Medal of Freedom to Three Slain Civil Rights Workers

Posted in Commentary, Elections & Voting Rights, Equal Rights/Equity Three young men murdered in Neshoba County 50 years ago registering African…

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Libby Schaaf Starts Search for City Administrator, Reaches Out to Councilmembers

Posted in Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Politics, Responsive Government “I have been very clear that I will be unbending about…

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Ken A. Epstein

Tony Thurmond Wins District 15th Assembly Race

Posted in Berkeley, Elections & Voting Rights, Richmond By Nikolas Zelinski In a race between two Democrats, Tony Thurmond beat Elizabeth…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayor Candidate Jason “Shake” Anderson, Committed for the Long Haul

Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Elections & Voting Rights, Responsive Government By Post Staff Jason “Shake” Anderson – a U.S. veteran,…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayoral Candidates Consider Plan to Activate Community Involvement

By Post Staff Several of Oakland’s mayoral candidates have expressed interest in creating communitywide action task forces…

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Ken A. Epstein

Mayoral Candidates Call for Task Forces for Greater Community Voice in Making Policy

By Ken Epstein Some of Oakland’s mayoral candidates – from the highly visible frontrunners to the grassroots…

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