Politics
Councilmembers, Community Groups Push Mayor for Funding for Homeless, Job Training and Trash Cleanup
Posted in Affordable Housing, Business, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Rebecca Kaplan Members of East Oakland…
Attorney and Activist Don Hopkins, 81
Posted in Community, Obituary, Politics Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Don Hopkins. By Post Staff Donald Ray Hopkins, an attorney activist who…
Mayoral Candidate Cat Brooks Pledges to “Turn the Tables” on Business as Usual in Oakland
Posted in Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Sanctuary City By Ken Epstein “It’s time to…
Opinion: Re-elect Desley Brooks to City Council
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Community, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Dan Siegel, Oakland…
Youth at MLK Freedom Center Join Struggle to Empower Voters
By Ken Epstein Young people who participated in an intensive six-week voter registration and community engagement project…
Mayor Schaaf Seeks to Unseat Oakland City Council Incumbents
Posted in Army Base Jobs, Elections & Voting Rights, Politics By Ken Epstein There are indications that Mayor Libby Schaaf may…
Noel Gallo Faces Viola Gonzales in Oakland District 5 Race
By Tulio Ospina In the City Council race for Oakland District 5, incumbent Noel Gallo is facing…
Do Schaaf and Her Administration Bury City Policies They Oppose?
Posted in Politics, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein At this week’s City Council meeting, Assistant to the City Administrator Joe…
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…
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…