Measure W is crucial to well-being of Alameda County’s unhoused population
We can’t turn our backs on our neighbors anymore. We must take action to ensure our city is able to provide for the most vulnerable.
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Category Archives: Op-Eds
Why we must engage the youth vote
Our democracy doesn’t differentiate between students in advocacy clubs and those who are not, so it’s important that we all are civically engaged.
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In policy, support voices of system-impacted people
Policymakers must accept the leadership of impacted people. Good intentions will never be enough if they are coupled with elitism.
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Community memory is essential to disability justice
We don’t take no for an answer. Our group comes from an incredible line of folks who have paved the way to get us what we have now, and we plan to spend this year “passing the torch” to disability advocates to come.
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Protect forgotten agricultural workers during COVID-19
State and local agencies have launched programs to support these workers and ensure their basic needs are met. But these efforts are not enough.
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Support stem cell research in CA: Vote ‘yes’ on Prop. 14
Passing Prop. 14 would be an important step toward saving lives from incurable diseases.
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Black people can’t keep dying for the sake of whiteness
I am willing to afford white people and the police safety, but I am not willing to pay for it with the continued loss of Black lives and dignity.
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How to save AC Transit
Buses are the linchpin to ensuring that we stop global warming, stop rising inequality and get people where they need to go safely.
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Own our fight: Paving the path forward for international students
With the absence of sufficient justification, this policy seems a deliberate effort to impose barriers on international students and threaten the autonomy of universities and their diverse international scholarships.
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How to end homelessness: Heed the lessons of COVID-19
This moment should be a call to face the crisis of homelessness — in the blink of an eye, the pandemic created the political urgency necessary to do so.
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