Public Bank East Bay presents project to regional foundations

September 7, 2022 (info@publicbankinginstitute.org) Video spotlight: Public Bank East Bay presents project to regional foundations  Via Public Bank East Bay:  Northern California Grantmakers and the San Francisco Foundation came together in July to showcase our project to a large network of foundations and other interested parties. This was an entirely… Continue reading

LIES, POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE PBS | Official Sep 6, 2022 Ahead of the 2022 midterms, FRONTLINE’s two-hour season premiere investigates political leaders and choices they made at key points that have undermined and threatened American democracy. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate. In “Lies, Politics… Continue reading

ENVISIONING SF’S TENDERLOIN WITHOUT DRUG MARKETS

by Randy Shaw on September 5, 2022 (beyondchron.org) La Cocina Marketplace now has outdoor seating A Terrific Neighborhood — Once Dealers Removed What would San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood be like if the city closed its open drug markets? The Tenderloin would be a fantastic place to live and work. An ethnically diverse, low-income… Continue reading

Book: “Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All”

by Michael Mechanic A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit—and the insidious ways this realm harms us all. Have you ever fantasized about being ridiculously wealthy? Probably. Striking it rich is among the most resilient of American fantasies, surviving… Continue reading

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Saving the Bees

By: Tiffany Duong Updated: July 22, 2022 (ecowatch.com)  Edited by Irma Omerhodzic  Why you can trust us “Save the bees!” You’ve heard this call to action before, but what’s the buzz really about? Turns out, bees are incredibly important in nature and in human food production. According to an EarthDay.Org report, there are more… Continue reading

COLLECTIVE SELF-DELUSION: LET’S STOP PRETENDING AMERICA IS A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY

Demonstrators hold a sign at rally with Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) outside the U.S. Capitol to urge the Senate to pass voting rights legislation on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) A functioning democracy could easily dispatch Donald Trump and his doppelgängers. A failed… Continue reading

Letters: If there was no Electoral College, Gore and Clinton would have been presidents in a better world

Sep. 6, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Let’s consider the cost of being the only civilized country in the world that uses the obsolete, archaic Electoral College, which was created to entice slave-owning states to join the union. If we had gotten rid of that stupidity centuries ago, in 2000 Al Gore would… Continue reading