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The 150-unit Hacienda is the ground zero poster child of Amy Julia Harris’ sensational expose of Richmond’s Housing Authority, so on Friday, February 21, I went to the scene of the crime to see for ...
Part of the tree was severed by the impact and resulting fire, leaving the towering tree unbalanced and in danger of toppling. What happened over the next several decades gives an astonishing look ...
Richard Rothstein's Color of Law[1] has made quite a splash and is widely praised for its no-holds barred look at American racism. Rothstein has toured the country lecturing about the book, has been ...
Gar Alperovitz, currently a Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, has been writing books about wealth, democracy and national security for 48 years. In addition to serving in ...
Page One How Berkeley Voted: Biden 93.3%; Trump 4.0% Trump Vote Second Lowest in Nation Rob Wrenn Sunday December 13, 2020 - 12:30:00 PM ...
Some parallels can be drawn between forcing women to carry pregnancies against their will, and forcing people deemed mentally ill to receive medication and other treatment against their will. There ...
While Trump got trounced, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris did not do as well in Berkeley as previous Democratic presidential candidates. Berkeley is not number one in percentage of votes for Harris ...
A world in which women can be drafted? That doesn't register. A gender-neutral draft is being saluted as a victory for women's rights, an open door that promises a new platform for equal opportunity ...
Far from being an ancient indigenous art, Irish crochet was invented in the mid-1800s as a way of enabling families and communities to survive the potato famine. The invention is generally credited to ...
the entire consent and action calendar from the November 14, 2023 city council meeting was moved to 9 am on November 21. Most people missed the rescheduling announcement (it was in the Activist’s ...
In modern day society in the U.S., with our level of technology, medicine, and economic opportunity, government and citizens are obliged by common ethics to take care of those who could not survive on ...
Monday August 23, 2010 - 03:07:00 PM “I love teaching the kids, seeing their eyes light up when they learn something. But it has to be done in a safe environment.” -- Darwin Greenwell For five months ...