The Oakland Post

The 20-year-old is an upcoming artist in the pop world with first project

Gracie Abrams is one to watch with heartbreaking EP ‘minor’

July 29, 2020

Political focus: Spikes in COVID-19 can send us back to quarantine

July 29, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak was catastrophic to the economy and society, and the economy will take years to recover. Society will never be the same, and it’s devastating. One of the most popular trading stocks, Dow Jones, had one of th...

Juice WRLD’s posthumous album brings the pain

July 29, 2020

Hometown comes together for Black Lives Matter protest

Lauren Karmo, Campus Editor

June 9, 2020

In the heart of Rochester Municipal Park on Thursday, June 4, I kneeled in silence with hundreds of friends, classmates and neighbors for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd on the day of his memorial service...

Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ makes fans nostalgic

June 3, 2020

Opinion: Black Lives Matter, we’re tired of being killed

AuJenee Hirsch, Contributor

June 1, 2020

What does it mean to be black while living in America? Three brief sentences my cousin said during a conversation we had the other day explains it perfectly. “Why should the color of my skin matter? I just want to live a...

Opinion: NYT front cover is the wake up call we needed

Lauren Karmo, Campus Editor

May 27, 2020

Reading the 1,000 names listed on the front cover of The New York Times’ issue on Sunday, May 24 felt like a cold hand grabbing my heart. Never in my life have I been so acutely aware I was living through history. I was too yo...

Zoey (Jane Levy) in the midst of a musical moment during “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”

“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” hits the right notes

May 21, 2020

Polo G makes mark with “The GOAT”

May 19, 2020

Charli XCX’s ‘how i’m feeling now’ serves as quarantine anthem

Lauren Karmo, Campus Editor

May 18, 2020

During a seemingly random zoom call with her fans in April, Charli XCX promised to begin working on a full length album fueled by her quarantine boredom — 39 days later, she delivered. “how i’m feeling now” dropped Friday, ...

“Downton Abbey” steps into history

April 29, 2020

Armentrout’s ‘From Blood and Ash’ surprises readers in more ways than one

Autumn Page, Staff Reporter

April 28, 2020

“From Blood and Ash” (FBA) is the most recent book to be released by my queen Jennifer L. Armentrout. Armentrout has released over 50 books during her career, but this one was more unique than the rest; this book was a surpr...