Equal Rights/Equity
Racially Profiled, Drummers Make Noise about Gentrification in Oakland
Posted in Arts and Culture, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Tulio Ospina Over one hundred people, most of them drummers, gathered in…
Commentary: Insurgents Trump and Sanders Send a Message
Posted in Commentary, Equal Rights/Equity, Politics By Jesse Jackson This has been insurgent summer in presidential politics. Donald Trump and Bernie…
Berkeley Activists Call for City Department of Race and Equity
Posted in Affordable Housing, Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures Marcel Jones, David Turner III and Spencer J. Pritchard, right, speak on Black Lives…
Commentary: This Is the Difference Between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Politics By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Ernest Hemingway once said that courage was “grace under pressure.” Two presidential…
Ferguson, Missouri Judge Throws Out Arrest Warrants; Local Activists Say Change in Oakland Courts Long Overdue
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Mass incarceration, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein A new municipal court judge in Ferguson, Mo….
Joys and Struggles of Public School Teaching, Discussed at Post Salon
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Oakland Job Programs By Post Staff About 70 people attended the Post newspaper’s most recent Salon…
We Must Speak Up” for Racial Justice, Say Teen Leaders and Rep. Barbara Lee
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Mass incarceration, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Restorative Justice Calling for Black-Brown unity, a youth said, “The…
Commentary: Police Who Kill Must Be Held Accountable
Posted in Commentary, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Cat Brooks In the early morning hours of June 6, Demouria…
Hack the Hood Grads Have Much to Offer Tech World
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Oakland Job Programs By Ashley Chambers High school senior Jayshaun Thomas can show just about…
What Local Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Finnish Schools
Posted in Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein We’re kind of stuck in a rut in U.S. schools. …