by Jeff Buckley on May 19, 2025 (BeynndChron.org) A Housing Reality Check This year in San Francisco housing policy, three things are clear: a version of the Housing Element will pass, the city has no real plan to fund it, and the city is set up to fail unless it figures the second… Continue reading
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) speaks during a protest on February 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn) “The most corrupt administration in our country’s history is targeting and punishing public officials who seek to hold them accountable.” JAKE JOHNSON May 20, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) U.S. President Donald… Continue reading
18-month-old Mayar El Arca is being treated at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on May 17, 2025. (Photo: Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images) “The limited entry of aid into Gaza cannot be mistaken for meaningful progress,” said one humanitarian expert. JULIA CONLEY May 20, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) The United Nations… Continue reading
“We are going to be scrappy, we’re creative, we’re resilient.” by Natalie Orenstein May 20, 2025 (Oaklandside.com) Help us tell the Oakland stories that matter to you and your fellow Oaklanders. Yes, I want to chip in to support Oaklandside’s work! An energetic Barbara Lee was sworn in as the city’s… Continue reading
No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States Erwin Chemerinsky No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided.Deeply troubled by the Constitution’s inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the… Continue reading
By Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean of UC Berkeley Law) Published on May 19, 2025 (justsecurity.org) Now is not the time to limit the ability of federal courts to enforce their judicial orders. But in light of dozens of federal courts finding actions by President Donald Trump to be unconstitutional, some House Republicans… Continue reading
America, America Elia Kazan “America, America!” These words are the vision of a young man, Starvos Topouzoglou, 20 years old and ablaze with the dream of a new, far-off world. Nothing can stand in his way. AMERICA, AMERICA is about immigration, the tyranny of our ancestors’ homelands and the obsessive… Continue reading
Global fascism is rising and humanity is speedrunning towards planetary collapse. In his new book “What’s Left,” Malcolm Harris explains why we cannot accept this outcome and charts three practical paths to saving ourselves. BY MAXIMILLIAN ALVAREZ MAY 19, 2025 (therealnews.com) The climate crisis is not just a climate crisis—it is… Continue reading
So far, Trump has operated mostly through unilateral executive orders, not the Republican Congress. The deportation forces, the tariffs, the dismantling of the Department of Education and other agencies — all of that has been Trump and his underlings in the White House, while Congressional Republicans happily stood aside. That’s… Continue reading
