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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
As I post this letter from Oakland parents and educators, Darwin BondGraham of the East Bay Express, tweeted out the most recent financial reporting form…