The People’s Answer to ICE: Crowdsourcing Community Defense
People Over Papers' site map offers a glimpse into the informal media people use to warn neighbors when systems of formal confirmation can't match the need.
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How Landlords Soak the Bay’s Small Business
We investigated an unpredictable maintenance charge that’s plaguing local small businesses, and helps explain all those empty storefronts in the Bay.
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We live in the attention economy; we live in the narrative economy. We live in a hot-take economy; we live in a bad economy.
We Should All Be Luddites: Jathan Sadowski on Why We Deserve Better Tech
Silicon Valley capitalists think you shouldn’t have a say in how technology works.
Meet The Locals: California Live Oak
Introducing Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.
“El poder está en el trabajo”: Docentes de Oakland se enfrentan a los ataques del ICE contra estudiantes y sus familias
Docentes y otros miembros del sindicato Oakland Education Association están recaudando fondos para defensa legal y exigiendo al gobierno local que haga más para proteger a los estudiantes.
Down But Not Out: Laid-Off SF State Faculty Still Kicking
University cuts make headlines. But what happens to lecturers after they lose their jobs?
“It Starts with Being Human”: Inside the Strike at Urban Ore
Forty days on strike led to major wins for Urban Ore workers, but the struggle for a first union contract lies ahead.
Our Analysis: Organizing Works
On Wednesday, we woke up to Zohran Mamdani's America. Mamdani won the Democratic Primary for New York City's Mayor as a socialist.
ON THE PICKET LINE: Oakland Healthcare Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Hit Back
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital say no to union contract cancellation and pay cuts.
“Labor is Where It’s At:” Oakland Teachers Fight Back Against ICE’s Attack on Students and Their Families
Teachers and other union members in Oakland Education Association are raising a legal defense fund and calling on local government to do more to protect students.