Posts Tagged ‘Trump’

Noam Chomsky received a rock star welcome at the Middle East Children’s Alliance’s 30th anniversary event, hosted at Oakland Tech. The famed linguist and political activist lectured about the state of American foreign policy and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Oakland may become the first city in the nation to use its purchasing power against President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.

This week’s episode features stories of people who are marked. Individuals tagged in some way and navigating the expectations that come along with their markings.

A truck driver in Millbrae chased a Hispanic woman down the street screaming slurs. A university researcher living in Albany, California, was confronted with swastikas on her way to work at UC Berkeley. A mosque in San José received a letter threatening to “cleanse” Muslims from the country. All of these incidents took place after…

Thousands of people linked hands around Lake Merritt Sunday afternoon, forming a human chain that stretched around the entire lake.

A tense election night fell over Oakland as the city’s residents prepared to watch eighteen months of campaigning come to a conclusion. A volatile national election characterized the mood of Oaklanders, who were optimistic of a Clinton victory, but also faced an extended ballot of local and national initiatives.