Women
More than 7,700 hotel workers across the country walked off of their jobs and began the largest strike in history against the largest hotel corporation in the world, Marriott.
At Somos Familia, Latinx parents with queer or trans children meet together in a support group and share resources with one another.
Dance instructor Carla Service led her final Dancing Under the Stars class at Jack London Square on August 31.
Oakland woman accusing Lyft driver of attempted kidnapping petitions for changes to ride-sharing app
Bay Area women make a strong case for ride-sharing app changes, informed by harrowing personal experience.
Diana Days’ face was swollen. Bruised purplish-blue lines curved along the top of her cheeks beneath her grey eyes and full eyebrows—which she intentionally had not plucked while waiting for surgery—and followed her newly-shrunken brow bone. She had recently undergone a process known as “brow bossing,” in which the brow bone is sawed down by surgeons to give the face a more feminine appearance. “Women don’t usually have this here,” she said, her hands feeling around her brow ridge, a…
On Tuesday afternoon, Mary Boergers, a member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)’s Oakland-Piedmont Branch, handed out candy bars to passersby at the Rockridge BART station and cried, “Equal pay for women! Would you like a candy bar?” Many people didn’t take the candy bars, shaking their heads—while some took them and said, “Thank you!” “This is just a great way to let people know, remind them that women aren’t making money as much as men,” said Boergers….
Every morning in front of Melrose Leadership Academy, the same choreography is repeated: the uproar of the children arriving at the school displaces squirrels and birds to the cherry and palm trees that adorn the sidewalk. At this public school, in the sanctuary city of Oakland, people exchange greetings in Spanish. The first poster near the school’s entrance doesn’t inform parents about opening hours or extracurricular activities. Instead, it states: “You have rights, don’t let ICE or police enter your…
Monday night local and international support groups gathered to discuss decriminalizing sex work and protecting workers’ rights.
27 years ago, Anita Hill alleged Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment at the workplace. On Saturday, Hill talked about her experiences and how the society has changed in the last decades.