By Assemblymember Phil Ting– When you put a plastic bottle in your recycling bin, you assume that it gets recycled into a new bottle or other plastic product. Unfortunately, many…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– This is now the hottest summer on record. In recent weeks, we have seen triple digit temperatures in Europe. The Arctic is on…
By John Lewis– When I was rummaging through old boxes from my childhood home recently, I came upon a decades-old newspaper that piqued my interest, not only because of its…
By Tom Moon, MFT– Q: When I read your columns on attachment theory (3/2/2019, 4/07/2019 and 4/18/2019 issues), I realized that your description of the avoidant attachment style fits my…
Toni Morrison (1931–2019) Acclaimed author Toni Morrison, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, died peacefully at age 88 this week following a short illness, according to her publisher Knopf. She was best…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Presenting Spivy Le Voe: chanteuse, composer and nightclub owner, whose songs lampooned “the socially prominent and insufferably snobbish,” the very patrons she sought. During the 1940s,…
$9.8 Million Increase in Income Assistance Mayor London Breed on July 18 announced that San Francisco’s budget for fiscal years 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 will provide $9.8 million over two years in additional…
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Last week, Michelle Avilés and Alexandra Chávez tied the knot in the Ecuadorian coastal city of Guayaquil, becoming the first same-sex couple to marry…
By Andrea Shorter– No more pretending, equivocating, debating, or hemming and hawing about it: Trump is a racist. Trump’s escalated attacks against four women of color newly elected to the…
By Brandon Miller, CFP– Every year on the Fourth of July, the Tahoe neighborhood where my vacation rental is located has a little parade. Kids decorate their bikes, pull pets…
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