Get Ready, Get Registered & Get Counted-All you Need to Know about Voting!
Countdown to November 6th 2018 Election Begins You’re seeing the ads on television, hearing celebrities nationwide tell you how important your vote is this November,…
The Oakland We Knew and the Mayor’s Race
It’s hard to know how seriously Oakland folks will take this contest at a time when we are glued to twitter trying to understand the…
Oakland’s Top 10 Exciting New Candidates!
“something is wrong. Since everyone knows we are in a polarizing period of intense political change, it’s not a good thing to have the local party “settle” for status quo seeking candidates that rank and file activists do not support. Some of the candidates below did receive the party’s blessing, most did not.”
Towards a New City Council in Turbulent Times
As I wrote in The Oakland We Knew and the Mayor’s Race, if your vision of Oakland is not one that mimics the hollowing out…
AB 931, the Wellstone Club Recommends New Use of Force Policy
Assembly Bill 931, which may be going to the full assembly soon, is a progressive bill that will raise the legal standard under which police…
Bay Area Moms Launch Hunger Strike for Family Reunification–Update–Hunger Strike Spreads to Other Cities
MEDIA ADVISORY The National Rolling Hunger Strike Spreads to Other Cities August 1, 2018 The hunger strike at the Oakland Federal Building (1301 Clay St.), begun…
So Much for the Rule of Law
I’m worrying about the powerful abusing the weak and the need to expand rights and opportunities. Them’s my rules. The Trump regime’s goal of returning…
Solo Travel, Part 1: the Airlines & Lisbon
Traveling and vacationing are two different things. At least it seems vacationing should be relaxing and as stress free as possible. Of course that’s rarely…
Guest Column: James Vann on City Funding for Landlord Evictions
This guest blog by noted Tenants’ Rights activist, James Vann, is in reference to a proposed program loosely defined in Council Member Lynette McElhaney’s press…
The California Sanctuary Campaign, Mayoral Challengers Welcome the TPS Alliance
Press Advisory Oakland, CA.- Oakland’s progressive mayoral candidates, Cat Brooks, Pamela Price, and Saied Karamooz, will come together Monday August 27th at 9:30 am in…