Police Shooting of Disabled Man Triggers Outrage
by Carol Harvey
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter an iPhone video shot by a passerby appeared on You Tube, San Francisco Police Department
Month: February 2011
HUD’s New Privatization Scheme Is a Trojan Horse
by Lynda Carson
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]fforts to privatize public housing in Berkeley and across the nation may have gotten a little easier
In His Steps
Story by Joan Clair
“The single criterion for judgment offered by Jesus in his account of the world’s final judgment
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals brings back the First Amendment to Santa Cruz
Mayor Coonerty denounces those feeding the poor downtown as “bad for business.” And former Mayor Mathews presses church authorities to end their free dinners.
Oakland Menlo Hotel Owner Charged with Arson Plot
By Lynda Carson on The wealthy Tiburon owner of Oakland’s low-income Menlo Hotel has been arrested, and is facing 10 years in prison, on suspicion of hiring someone to burn down the residential hotel, according to officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Perilous Choices in an Era of Economic Decline
by Robert L. Terrell
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United States’ current economic doldrums threaten the nation’s long-term viability. And it is obvious to
It’s Crazy to Jail Those Who Need Mental Health Care
by Paul Boden, organizing director, Western Regional Advocacy Project
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) has been documenting the increases
Reflections by Judy Andreas and Buford Buntin
Universal Health Care
Life is simple — everybody needs food, shelter and, at some point, medicine.
by Buford Buntin
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