Equal Rights/Equity

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Oakland Protests Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Post Staff Here are photos taken by photographer Laura Ming Wong…

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Elderly woman holding 'Hands Up Don't Shoot' sign

Nationwide Protests Expected After Grand Jury Verdict in Ferguson

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ashley Chambers Residents in cities around the nation – and…

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Opportunities to Attend Medical School Free in Cuba

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Health, World News Training is free, but graduates must commit to return home and practice medicine in…

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Speaker delivering formal address in hall

“Let Our People Come Out of the Shadows”

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights President will extend legal status to five million undocuented immigrants By Post Staff In…

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Superintendent Gives Green Light for Social Justice Website for Teachers and Students

Posted in Arts and Culture, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Media, Police-Public Safety School District had removed “Urban Dreams” after complaints by Fox News and…

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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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Berkeley High Alumnus and Whistleblower Threatened with Arrest

Posted in Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Most people would consider Ralph Walker a model Berkeley High…

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Protesters holding 'Fund People Not Prisons' banner

Growing Bay Area Movement Calls for End to Mass Incarceration

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers A daylong summit to discuss ways to work to end…

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UN Officials “Shocked” by Detroit’s Continuing Water Shut-offs

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Politics, Responsive Government By Post Staff and news reports Two United Nations rapporteurs who visited Detroit, Michigan…

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Young Leaders from Ferguson Speak in Oakland

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein Four young leaders from Ferguson, MO were in Oakland this week…

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