Bus Drivers Are Struggling. The Cracks Are Starting To Show.
Current takes a look at two key issues for bus drivers, and maybe explains why the bus is often late…
Politics
Rights are what you make and what you take.
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Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Await Trial Verdict
“They are so brave. They are representing the future and are giving us hope.”
Bay Area Chinese Leftists Are Making Language Political
We were in a very Chinese time in our lives. We decided to do something about it.
SCENE REPORT: Bay Area Marches in Solidarity with Minneapolis
Protests against ICE have spread to the Bay. We wanted to hear directly from Bay Area residents who turned out in East Oakland to support the surging movement in Minneapolis.
This Notorious Women’s Prison Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility
After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants.
Fighting Anti-Immigrant Violence, Past and Present
The history of resistance to Japanese American internment echoes through the fight against ICE today, with key differences but revealing similarities about our political reality.
Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia
Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.
Moderate Rule, Maximum Harm: A Year of SF’s Surrender to Oligarchy
SF must choose: Democratic Socialism or playground for the rich
The Democrats’ Biggest Kink is Losing
How powerlessness became an unconscious strategy for Democrats.
Why the Largest Unorganized Bay Area Nursing Facility Is Unionizing
Workers at billionaire-owned Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center say they want better wages and benefits so patients can get the dignified care they deserve. And in a rare move, a major union opened its strike fund for workers fighting for a union before they have won union recognition.
Oakland Public Safety Committee Votes Down $2.25 Million Flock Expansion
Despite its lip-service to progressive politics, Oakland City Council was poised to advance a proposal to expand its Flock surveillance network.