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Two-Tiered Justice: San Francisco and Oakland Edition

June 28, 2024 11:45 amJune 28, 2024 12:53 pm

I hope you’ve been paying at least some attention to the circus unfolding in the city of Oakland, California. It’s on a downward spiral more rapidly since the election of its mayor, Sheng Thao, who began her term January 2023....

Is It Racist: A Look at State Agency Anti-Racism Plans

June 7, 2024 2:45 amJune 7, 2024 2:46 am

Thanks to the good people at the State Water Resources Control Board, we all know now that California’s water is not racist, or at least as racist as it supposedly used to be. That’s all well and good –...

The Boy Scouts Aren’t Boys Anymore

May 8, 2024 2:55 amMay 8, 2024 2:56 am

The Boy Scouts of America just announced it will rebrand itself with a new theme and new name: “Scouting America.” The Scouts once known as “Boys” says it is “reflecting the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family...

A Practical Guide To Local Organizing: CFER Edition

September 25, 2023 11:46 amSeptember 25, 2023 11:47 am

The California For Equal Rights Foundation held their 2nd Annual Conference last month in San Diego, California. The focus of this years’ CFER Conference was “…on connecting education experts and leaders with local activists and concerned parents who are fighting...

Bakersfield College History Professor Sues CA Community Colleges over DEIA Teaching Mandates

August 10, 2023 11:04 amAugust 10, 2023 11:05 am

Diversity equity and inclusion can be a remarkably exclusionary philosophy that leaves no room for dissent from its often tyrannical dictates. As the California Globe reported last month, a woman is suing the corporate behemoth Compass USA, Inc. because they...

California Lawmakers Gut Good Bill, Replace with Horrible Bill

June 22, 2023 7:06 amJune 22, 2023 12:38 pm

Earlier this week, Assembly Bill 1352 by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) on individualized county childcare subsidy plans was gutted. Berman’s bill had already gone through a few committees, and was voted on by the full Assembly without a single...

Advocacy For a ‘National Divorce’ Heats Up Again

March 6, 2023 2:24 amMarch 6, 2023 11:00 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no shrinking wallflower. Elected in 2020 as a MAGA Republican, she has been an outspoke conspiracy advocate and a lightening rod for controversy. It is doubtful she has ever been accused of holding...