What Would You Do?
(On the 2nd weekend in October, labor activists, military veterans, musicians, artists, and people of faith from across the US converged on both sides of the US-Mexico border at Nogales, AZ. The action was sponsored […]
(On the 2nd weekend in October, labor activists, military veterans, musicians, artists, and people of faith from across the US converged on both sides of the US-Mexico border at Nogales, AZ. The action was sponsored […]
If you’re like me, you’ve been slicing and dicing the presidential election results among your group of friends and neighbors, trying to figure out just what the hell happened on Tuesday. How did this TV […]
This year’s Code for America Summit attracted thousands of tech experts and government policy wonks from across the country to Oakland. Their purpose is to move the bureaucratic systems of government into the digital age […]
Oakland voters have a better way to understand who is contributing to 2016 candidate races and ballot measures. The updated version of Open Discloure.io went live in mid-October, and now there is a mobile version […]
This election season, community-based organizations are getting out the vote on a number of local and statewide initiatives with tactics ranging from the old school — knocking on doors and phone banking — to the […]
“I’m told Tehachapi does snow, so I can’t wait to see the hills powdered with pure white snow. It will be a wonderful sight that I have not seen in a long time since going […]
In a labor of love one recent Saturday, Oaklanders took a bite out of the trash and dumping problem in their neighborhoods by cleaning up more than 46 sites around the city during the 21st […]
When you listen to Tyrone Burns, 46, owner of “Pull Up Your Pants Barbershop” on 82nd and Hillside avenues in East Oakland, you hear the voices of a teacher, counselor, coach, social worker, surrogate […]
Just last year, the word “gentrification” tore through our Adeline neighborhood when news stories reported about conflicts over a church’s choir practice. But it left the residents determined to defend and hold on to our […]
Since arriving at Kern Valley State Prison seven years ago, Lam Vo has completed his G.E.D. But his education has gone further than book knowledge. He’s come to accept his responsibility for a heinous […]
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