Remembering the Victims: Cops Have Killed 107 Black Californians Using Deadly Force Since 2015
In May, less than a week after the Assembly approved the landmark bill that Black Legislative Caucus chair Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) authored, police officers in Walnut Creek, a suburb of Oakland, shot and killed Miles Hall. He was a 23-year-old African-American man....
California Now Has One of the Strongest Police Use-of-Force Laws In the Country
Today Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law one of the strongest measures in the country intended to deter police officers from killing civilians while pursuing criminal suspects....
Reporteros Lamentan la Huella de Big Tech Sobre las Noticias
La industria de la tecnología está comiendo el pan de la industria de los periódicos y ni paga la cuenta, de acuerdo con los actuales y ex ejecutivos de noticias, reporteros y congresista Mark DeSaulnier, que hablarón en un panel el 31 de julio en el centro de San Francisco....
Te’s Corner: Waking Up, Staying Awake
No matter how conscious your mind, if your heart and soul are not alive with love, being awake could drive you mad crazy....
Panel Talks Immigration, white supremacists, Shootings
In the wake of more domestic terrorist attacks, U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier held a town hall meeting in Richmond to discuss immigration issues....
Caminata Toma Unos Pasos Hacia la Sobriedad
La sobriedad finalmente se trata de la persona practicándola, pero eso no significa que esa persona tiene que hacerlo solo. La gente que quiere disminuir la dependencia del alcohol en Richmond recientemente promovieron esa idea caminando juntos....
Q&A With Richmond Based Artist Marjé
Marjé Kilpatrick is a 23-year-old Richmond-based spoken word artist and performer. “Groomed by melodies, rhythm, poetry, and expression,”...
Immigrant Advocates Oppose New ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Opponents of the Trump administration’s new "public charge" rule are hoping lawmakers or a lawsuit will block it before it’s implemented, as immigrant advocates say it could prevent millions of families from accessing healthcare and other programs or risk being denied lawful permanent status....
Working, But Still Homeless, in California
When Coleen Sykes Ray started an organization with her daughter in 2015 to help homeless women, the Stockton, California resident had no idea she, too, would be homeless four years later....
Video Games Blamed for Mass Shootings Yet Again
The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton again left people searching for answers. President Donald Trump and others blamed the violence on video games, invoking a decades-old trope that’s not supported by credible evidence....
Journalists Lament Big Tech’s Footprint on News
The tech industry is eating the newspaper industry’s lunch and skipping out on the bill, according to current and former news executives, reporters and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, who spoke on a panel July 31 in downtown San Francisco....
Benefitting from Mad City Money
In high school, I learned some financial literacy skills, like how interest works, how to fill out tax paperwork, and how insurance can cover different things. I spent about half a school year learning about these things, but, naturally, I forgot some of them....
Tulsi Gabbard says U.S. Needs Diplomacy, Not War
Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard says the U.S. needs far more sophisticated worldwide diplomatic efforts and a far less aggressive U.S. military stance....
How Hate Reaches a Tipping Point – Mexicans on the Menu
You’d see this phenomenon in prison. A guy in H-Unit would get beat down real bad with a heavy weight belt and get sent to the hospital with eye damage and missing teeth....
