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The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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The Real Costs of Uber: Putting Passenger Safety and Taxi Driver Livelihoods At Risk
Backed by funders like Goldman Sachs and Google Ventures, the on-demand ride service company has exploded in popularity – though its business methods are coming under increased scrutiny.
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When Will America – And Our Universities – Confront the Horrors of Rape Culture?
A U.C. Berkeley lawsuit blaming the campus for inaction on tackling sexual violence has provoked an outpouring of discussion and sparked demonstrations across the country.
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New Economy Rumblings, And Some Fears of Co-Optation, At "SHARE" In San Francisco
Community activist Michael Jimenez has been looking at the commons and asks: "Is this a shared economy for all, or are the big corporations attempting to take that away from us?”
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Google Bus Anger Grows As Lawsuit Alleges Tech Companies Are Violating State Law
San Francisco labor, housing and activist groups accuse the city of bypassing laws that forbid private buses from using public stops.
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In Google's Inequality Valley, Women Are Paid Shockingly Less than Men
There's a growing male hegemony in "Inequality Valley."
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Former Google Programmers Say Enough Surveillance – It's Time to Build a New Internet
Unrestrained data collection by private companies and the government is threatening the very nature of how the Internet – and, likewise, the companies that populate it – was intended to run.
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As NSA-Heartbleed Story Deepens, Silicon Valley Prepares For A More Extended Battle
In San Francisco and the Bay Area especially, the Heartbleed bug has put the issue of privacy and online security at the forefront of Internet activism.
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Police Killing Inflames San Francisco Community, Revealing Further Divides
"This is a travesty. There is no justification whatsoever for him to be massacred with 14 bullet holes."
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Follow the Money: Why Media Are Playing Google Politics in the Bay Area
"It is all about the money and the advertising revenue – [hence] the lack of serious investigation into how the tech industry is directly responsible for the increase in rent prices and the pushing out of average citizens from the city."
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Bay Area Residents Call for an End to Crude Transport Through Communities
People don't want crude oil from fracking and tar sands traversing their streets or railways.
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By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
