Money can be used as a weapon
By Jack Bragen on Money brings power. While it doesn’t give power over oneself, it gives power over external conditions, events, and people.
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On Cal’s development plans: Don’t let the UC call it housing
By Carol Denney on High-end, for-profit housing is no substitute for real housing and honest efforts to permanently address the housing crisis, Denney writes.
UC regents, City Council have turned their backs on Berkeley community
By The People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group on To put it bluntly, Berkeley citizens feel besieged by the overreach of UC Berkeley. Our concerns include the campus’s surreptitious adding of students, its lack of housing, its gobbling up of property in the city, and more.
New Berkeley budget takes aim at unhoused community
By Berkeley Copwatch on The City of Berkeley passed a one-year budget on the evening of Tuesday, June 30. Here are some of the implications.
Oakland’s new Encampment Management Policy isn’t new at all
By Anita de Asis Miralle aka Needa Bee on Oakland's new Encampment Management Policy is harmful, and cements some of the city's longtime harmful practices.
Supporters speak: Why save People’s Park?
By Katie Latimer and allies of the Park on For this collaborative opinion piece, we asked friends from around the park to share, why do you want to keep People’s Park?
America’s effort to destroy poor, disabled people
By Jack Bragen on We are now seeing the fallout of President Trump’s 2021 Budget, which targets the most vulnerable people and pays the people at the very top with a nifty tax break.
App-based driving provides a shred of hope for some
By Jack Bragen on App-based driving is a mixed bag; it is a sign of desperate times, but it fills a need for many.
The death anniversary of Hate Man, ‘American philosopher’
By Ace Backwords on It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Hate Man croaked in 2017. But his effect lives on.
Good terminology is necessary for good mental health treatment
By Jack Bragen on Mental health consumers are rendered impotent by the verbal and psychological tactics of those in the mental health treatment system. This prevents us from building decent lives for ourselves.
In San Francisco, a non-police response to homelessness is in sight
By Stella Kunkat on On January 19, San Francisco’s Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART) working group presented its plan to end the law enforcement response to homelessness and to roll out a new community-run response team.
The final days of Jerkle, the wild turkey of the Berkeley hills
By Ace Backwords on I had a poignant moment at my campsite this morning. Involving those goddamn wild turkeys, believe it or not. My hated enemies. But as much of a nemesis and a pain in the ass they can be, I realized there was a bond there.