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Lynette McElhaney Puts Damper on Tagami’s Coal Plan
By Ashley Chambers News has spread of developer Phil Tagami’s plan to negotiate a deal with four…
Teachers Vote to Authorize Work Actions, Strike Against School District
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor By Post Staff Oakland teachers have voted to authorize a strike against the Oakland Unified School…
Commentary: Longshore Union Shut Down Port of Oakland to Protest Police Killings
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Labor, Police-Public Safety By Stacey Rodgers On Friday, May 1 – International Workers Day, about…
Coalition Wants Coliseum City to Produce Jobs and Housing for Residents
Posted in Coliseum City, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs By Ashley Chambers In the wake of the City Council decision to…
City Proposes “Bleak” Budget for Jobs and Training Programs
Posted in Economic Development, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety Frank Tucker Removed from WIB Board, Reinstated by Mayor’s Office By Ken…
Councilmembers Back $3,000 a Month Apartment Tower Project, Opposed by Eastlake Neighbors
Rendering of Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments, courtesy of UrbanCore. By Ken Epstein The City Council’s Community and…
Latinos Underrepresented in Teaching and Other Jobs in OUSD
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor Supt. Antwan Wilson: “We have to embody the diversity of this community” By Ken…
Opinion: Oakland Needs Office of Race and Equity
Posted in Commentary, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, LGBT, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Uncategorized “Allow ourselves to become comfortable with being uncomfortable” By Desley Brooks…
Teachers, Parents and Students March for Better Schools
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Several hundred students, parents and teachers held a rally and marched through…
Commentary: Oakland Needs a Department to Address Institutionalized Injustice
Posted in Commentary, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Kitty Kelly Epstein Two-thirds of the people…