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Mar 26, 2024

‘Richmond Renaissance’ Vision Ignited

Imagine walking up Richmond’s Macdonald Avenue, from the RYSE Center to the Richmond Museum of History & Culture, and seeing “asphalt art”—open studios and galleries, maybe even a live theater performance in Civic Center Plaza. Long-disused buildings bustle with shops, restaurants and live/work spaces. That’s part of the vision of...
The Higher Cost of Rising Health Insurance
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Mar 5, 2024

The Higher Cost of Rising Health Insurance

This article was produced by Capital & Main and is copublished here with permission. Sign up for Capital & Main’s newsletter. For most California residents, and the vast majority of the state’s lower-income workers, the cost of health insurance has been running away...
Prepping for the Primary Election
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Feb 27, 2024

Prepping for the Primary Election

As the March 5 primary election approaches, many voters are just now considering their choices. Below is information about some of the most impactful races—nationally, statewide and locally. United States Senate With the death of longtime senator Dianne Feinstein,...
Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero
Feb 20, 2024

Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero

Julia Ford was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when she moved out of an abandoned school bus in Oakland and into the Healthy Babies Project transitional housing. The shelter came with a treatment program founded...
AG Bonta Talks 'People Power' in Oakland
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Feb 20, 2024

AG Bonta Talks ‘People Power’ in Oakland

On Feb. 8, Rob Bonta gave the keynote speech at the Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture held at Beebe Memorial Cathedral in Oakland. During his speech, Bonta shared his journey from being a “brown boy born...
Top Pot ‘Cop’ Evolves Cannabis Stance As Is Her Job
Feb 13, 2024

Top Pot ‘Cop’ Evolves Cannabis Stance As Is Her Job

So-called “concerns” about President Joe Biden’s mental acuity have been ginned up by the right-wing propaganda machine with the enthusiastic help of an increasingly indistinguishable mainstream media.It’s all incredibly stupid and destructive. By most accounts from White...
Ava DuVernay's New Film Makes the Caste Connection
Feb 13, 2024

Ava DuVernay’s New Film Makes the Caste Connection

What does the act of a racist vigilante have to do with the caste system in India that works to the detriment of the Dalits, Jewish people during the Holocaust and the system of slavery that’s in...
Prohibitionist Republicans' Latest Irredeemably Stupid Cannabis Policy
Feb 6, 2024

Prohibitionist Republicans’ Latest Irredeemably Stupid Cannabis Policy

Navigating the partisan politics of cannabis can be challenging because there are Republicans and Democrats on both sides of most reform initiatives. That makes cannabis politics almost unique in these days of Republicans automatically opposing any reforms...
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