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May 11, 2022
End the Culture Wars: Putin’s war will not be on the ballot, but democracy...
Historical memory can fade over time. Born in 1942, I've watched it happen.
We lost sight of the cruelty of fascism and authoritarian rule and how indispensable free democratic societies are to world peace and well being. Over...
May 4, 2022
Justice in Hemp: New York Indigenous tribe learns from Oakland
Hemp has always been of the land. So too have been the tribes across the American continents who tended and partook of the bounty for millennia. After a little interruption called colonization, it's time to put hands...
May 4, 2022
Assessing Bad Behavior: Floy Andrews mounts campaign against Contra Costa County’s ‘Bad Boy’
For Floy Andrews, her master of science degree in bioethics from Columbia University is as important as her 15 years as an attorney in her quest to become Contra Costa County’s next assessor.
This makes sense, since the...
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May 4, 2022
Musk Worries Poll Voters: Power Poll also finds broad support to ban sales of...
Almost 70% of voters in the latest Oakland Power Poll expressed concern about Elon Musk’s successful offer to acquire Twitter, with many more respondents favoring content moderation over uncontrolled free speech.
Here are the specific questions and responses...
Apr 27, 2022
Plan Ahead: Macrodosing, brought to you by … um, I forget
“Go, go, hit it,” were the last sober words I was to hear that night.
It was 4/20 and the Barbary Coast lounge in SOMA was bumpin’. Vendors set up to impart the differentiated knowledge unique to their...
Apr 27, 2022
Planting Justice: Sobrante Park neighbors work together
Sobrante Park is the kind of neighborhood families stay in for generations. It’s the right kind of place for a project like the Planting Justice nursery, an attempt to tap the deep roots of the community to...
Apr 27, 2022
Hi, Honey, I’m Home: East Bay beekeepers say home is where the hive is
When English wildlife photographer Martin Dohrn’s documentary, My Garden of a Thousand Bees, aired in 2021, it wasn’t just the existing backyard beekeeping community that was abuzz.
Watching Dohrn, homebound like everyone else during the height of the...
