Kamala’s history demonstrates her priorities: sponsoring the corporate elite, locking up BIPOC, endangering trans folx and persecuting sex workers. By Gloria Oladipo Oh happy day, oh happy day, Kamala “Cop” Harris has gone away! On Tuesday, news broke that Kamala Harris was dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, officially ending her campaign a day...
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Muslim Americans Don’t Have The Privilege of Forgetting Bush’s Crimes
By sanitizing George W. Bush into a harmless old man with different political views, we dishonor the people who lived through or died by the injustices that he caused. CW: war, torture, death, racism, Islamophobia I envy those with the privilege to forget, to sanitize the horrors of the past. I can’t imagine the comfort...
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California Leads the Country in Hate Groups, Proving it’s No Liberal Oasis
When the Southern Poverty Law Group released their “Hate Map” last week, many were surprised to see California lead the nation with 79. I have deep roots in Southern California. My maternal grandparents were part of the Great Migration, and moved from Jackson, Mississippi, to San Diego when my grandfather joined the Navy in 1955....
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The U.S. Still Has a Child Bride Problem
Marriage does not appear to protect or empower women when they are married as children. Instead, statistics show that early marriage creates a vulnerability for further psychological and health related stress. By Aditi Wahi-Singh TW- Emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Olivia was 15-years-old when her grandmother first told 24-year-old John, “You could marry...
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I’m A Bad Latina — And That’s OK
I am a proud Latina. But I’m also proud to be mixed, and I should be allowed that. We live in a racially diverse country where feeling torn between cultures is a cultural identity in and of itself. by Briana Hernandez The night before I sold my copy of Rosetta Stone: Español on eBay, it...
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Thousands Join Hands Around Oakland’s Lake Merritt in Post-Election Demonstration
Last weekend, more than 8,500 people came together in Oakland, California, for a demonstration called Hands Around Lake Merritt. It was dreamed up by Alison White, a somatic psychotherapist with a vision to connect community during the post-election. Lake Merritt, in the heart of Oakland, is roughly 3.4 miles around. White happens to be part of my somatic...
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Bay Area Teacher Suspended for Trump/Hitler History Lesson
Frank Navarro is a veteran teacher and Holocaust scholar of 40 years at Mountain View High School in Mountain View, California. Last week, he gave a lecture in his world studies class that drew parallels between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler’s campaign. According to Navarro, “both had promised to eject foreigners and make their countries...
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5 POC-Friendly Travel Destinations to Help You Ditch Election Fatigue
“I’m gonna look for my glory, yeah I’ll be back real soon.” –Solange This election season has been especially difficult for people of color, due to the extreme hate-mongering and xenophobia that’s been emphasized by Donald Trump’s campaign. Meanwhile, many of us are feeling lackluster about being “with her” given Clinton’s track record for promoting anti-black...
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California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Allowing County Inmates To Vote
California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB2466, a bill that effectively gives county inmates across the state the franchise. Inmates serving time in a county jail for petty crimes in California will have their voting rights reinstated, according to CBS13. In a move that resembles the efforts of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who issued an executive order...