Equal Rights/Equity

Street drumming group performing in public plaza

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…

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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.  …

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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…

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Young panelists at a community meeting

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…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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