Women Running–Balls, Likeability or Something Else?
As Samantha Bee said on her show, Full Frontal, we have an embarassment of riches this time around with all the female candidates in the…
A Blog to Celebrate the Women’s March–How to Support your Partner When She’s Running for Office:
By Brad Erickson Patriarchy—the values and practices by which men dominate institutions and social relations—produces many toxic artifacts, from rape culture to the marginalization of…
Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, the Time for Cynicism is Over
I’m a sucker for holiday movies, not just the good ones like Elf and the Santa Claus where Tim Allen’s newly grown beard freaks him…
Expect a Long Night at Lame Duck Oakland City Council
The Coalition that brought you Measure LL, independent oversight of the Oakland Police Department, is asking you to attend the last city council meeting of…
Movie Commentary-A Private War, Widows & Some Reflections on Local Democracy
New blog including-what to see and not see at the movies and what you didn’t want to know about the world around you. Hopefully. there’s…
Council Extends Police Officers’ Contract Early-Avoiding Scrutiny by Commission or Community
Setback to Ending the NSA On the very same day that a federal judge reinstated three of the tasks that the Oakland Police Department was…
Grading Oakland and Alameda County F for Emergency Preparedness
As I write this blog with the Day After Tomorrow on TV in the background, we are in our 13th spare the air day in…
All Politics are Local, Part II
The Blue Wave just keeps on coming in… If the view of this historic wave weren’t obstructed by the rusting hulk of the small but…
The 10 Most Important Choices on Your Local Ballot
As former Congressman Tip O’Neil was fond of saying, “All Politics are local.” Our Congresswoman Barbara Lee is the perfect example of that. She started…
Open Letter to Oakland’s Environmental Voters
Guest blog by Lora Jo Foo, one of the founders of the No Coal in Oakland Movement, an environmental and racial justice activist, and a…