By Philip Ruth– How do you like being green? We define “being green” as taking deliberate steps to favor the environment in our decision-making. Most folks I know in the…
By Tom Moon, MFT– Dr. Walt Odets, a clinical psychologist in Berkeley, has been doing psychotherapy with gay men for thirty years. His new book, Out of the Shadows, is…
Smuin Contemporary Ballet launches its 26th season with Dance Series 1, a fall program featuring three extra “The Man in Black,” an acclaimed work for three men and a woman,…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: For this month’s column, I asked author SallyAnne Monti to share her Golden Crown Literary Conference experience. SallyAnne Monti: The Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS),…
“A man wishing to plant a tree in his yard was advised against this idea by his gardener. The tree would take a hundred years to bear fruit, said the…
By Andrea Shorter– As a new school year has begun for most K–12, university undergrads and graduate students, American history lessons are likely to encompass, explore or at least acknowledge…
By Audry deLucia– We live in a time when being visible and making your voice heard changes the course of things; things like who has the honor of representing us…
By Magdalena Rodriguez– The GGBA member spotlight for this issue is on Simon Isaac of Zero Above, a boutique creative marketing agency with offices in San Francisco and Colchester, U.K.…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– While facial recognition technology is a cool way to unlock your smartphone, it is not ready for prime time. Case in point: the American Civil Liberties…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– In key findings from a survey of Oakland residents conducted on December 7, 2018, 75 percent of our residents see homelessness and housing…
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