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Whistle Blowing Teacher Says He Faces Firing for Revealing Discrimination
Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Ken A. Epstein Brian Crowell, a Berkeley High School history teacher, is locked in…
“The Griots of Oakland” Exhibit to Visit Local Schools
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity A traveling version of the popular exhibit, The Griots of Oakland – Voices from the…
Support Haitian Family Reunification
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, World News The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) has launched a petition drive in support…
Acta Non Verba Farm Grows in East Oakland
Posted in Community, Health By Richard Kevin Cartwright Walking through the wide expanse of nurtured and cultivated vegetable beds –…
San Francisco Brings in “The year of the Horse”
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community Photos by Ken A. Epstein Hundreds of thousands of people came to see this…
Councilmembers Call for Reform of Prop. 13 Property Taxes
Posted in Community, Responsive Government Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan. Photo courtesy of Oakland Local.By Post StaffFour Oakland city councilmembers have joined a…
Road at Oakland Airport Named for Black Aviator Bessie Coleman
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community By Conway Jones Bessie Coleman The Port of Oakland and City of Oakland officials…
West Oakland Neighborhood Center in Limbo
Posted in Community, Oakland Job Programs By Post Staff Concerns are being raised about why the city has failed to…
No Justice in Trial of Killing of 17-Year-Old Jordan Davis
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Tasion Kwamilele In the wake of the killings of Oscar Grant in Oakland…
Urban Releaf Gets to the Roots
Posted in Community, Environment By Spencer Whitney Residents and business owners on San Leandro Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue woke up…