By Adrienne Fong ALERT: Today the SF Board of Supervisors might be approving dangerous equipment to militarize SFPD. It’s not to late to send an email / call the supervisors. SF Board of Supervisors Meeting SFPD’S Funding, Acquisition, and Use of Certain Police Department – Military Equipment Tuesday, November 29 2:00pm… Continue reading
A Peet’s Coffee employee fills takeout orders for customers in Oakland, California on May 18, 2020. (Photo: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images) “We deserve a say in how our workplace is run and we deserve to be fairly compensated for the value we create,” said one… Continue reading
Issued on: 26/11/2022 – france24.com Text by:Lou ROMÉO Russian MPs this week updated, and expanded, an anti-LGBT law – the latest in a series of measures aiming to highlight “traditional” family values. Against a backdrop of conflict in Ukraine, Russian political and religious leaders are ramping up an internal identity war. Russian MPs on… Continue reading
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a rally on May 23, 2022 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images) Democratic opponent Sen. Raphael Warnock asked, “How can Herschel Walker represent Georgians when he doesn’t even claim our great state as his primary residence?” BRETT WILKINS November 23, 2022… Continue reading
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz arrives at Investor Day at Starbucks Headquarters in Seattle, Washington on September 13, 2022. (Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) “Starbucks and Howard Schultz believe they are above the law. They believe they can do whatever they want and get away with it,” said… Continue reading
With just 8 DAYS until the runoff election, all eyes are on our race – including the GOP’s. Republican donors have already flooded Walker’s campaign with over $37 million to defeat me, and Mitch McConnell’s super PAC is launching attack ad after attack ad to flip this seat. Now, with the runoff… Continue reading
Brands such as the Home Depot and Boeing donated to candidates who falsely claimed that Trump won presidency in 2020 The fight for democracy is supported by About this content Ed Pilkington @edpilkington Wed 23 Nov 2022 03.00 EST (TheGuardian.com) Some of the best-known corporations in the US, including AT&T,… Continue reading
November 26, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) We’re sharing this episode of the Fixing Our City podcast from The Chronicle’s SFNext Project in which host Laura Wenus talks to Dr. João Goulão, Portugal’s drug policy coordinator, about that country’s decision to decriminalize drug possession in response to an opioid epidemic similar to the… Continue reading
SARAH RAVANI Nov. 21, 2022 Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 6:40 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) Comments UPDATE: New Oakland Mayor Thao promises ‘unity’ in first appearance since election. Sheng Thao’s path to Oakland’s seat of power was anything but traditional, and she says her unique background will guide her as the city’s next mayor. Thao,… Continue reading
WED, 11/23/2022 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) This is Part 2 of an exclusively Occupy.com series analyzing the 2022 midterm elections, read part one. The so-called “red wave” that so many pundits assumed would sweep the country on the night of the 2022 midterm elections never materialized. In the U.S. House of… Continue reading
