Ever watch something and knew almost immediately that what you were watching was important, amazing, and groundbreaking? As soon as it was done you went and told everybody- making pleas with them to watch the movie for their own benefit.
On Friday of last week, I sat at my… Read more
Last weekend I attended SOUL’s “Lessons in Moving the 99%,” with over 80 people in downtown Oakland.
Sitting at the front of the 9-story high room were panelists Maria Poblet of Causa Justa Just Cause, Shaw San Liu of Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), Brooke Anderson of East Bay Alliance for… Read more
The following has been reposted from The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) is the only publication covering juvenile justice and related issues in the Southeast and around the nation on a consistent, daily basis.
In his first move of 2012, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget… Read more
I met Erin Siegel a few years back when she was first laying the foundation for her debut book Finding Fernanda. Erin is an award-winning investigative journalist and Oakland resident (cue my pride surge). She explained the heartbreaking subject of international adoption corruption and how she would examine it… Read more
During my 12 years as a crime reporter for The Associated Press, I gravitated towards stories about criminal justice – and very often discovered that people really didn’t want to hear them. I talked to men and women accused and convicted of all kind of heinous crimes — husbands… Read more
PART TWO
As 2011 draws to a close, we look back in a two-part series at some of the movements, organizations, and moments that made up the year.
Occupy Oakland General Strike
Okay Okay, you may think we have #occupy on here twice but… Read more
As 2011 draws to a close, we look back in a two-part series at some of the movements, organizations, and moments that made up the year.
Occupy
We know we could have easily dedicated this entire year in review to #occupy (and in… Read more
Planting Justice is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland dedicated to food justice, economic justice, and sustainable local food systems. Planting Justice brings people together to transform empty lots, paved backyards, and grass lawns into productive organic gardens. Through edible gardening, the organization empowers and uplifts… Read more
The following is re-post of an interview with 2011 Legacies of People Power participant Ericka Huggins. The Interview was done by Rebecca Walker of the ROOT.
The Root: What similarities and differences do you see between the Black Panther Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement?
