A message from mak-’amham/Cafe Ohlone
Berkeley and the inner East Bay have always been Ohlone land. The food and message we share at Cafe Ohlone is rooted in justice for our Ohlone people.
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Category Archives: Opinion
Society’s fear of heights
Sex on Tuesday
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the bio, “6’1” ’cause I guess that matters.” And you know what? It kind of does matter. But it’s not our fault.
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For educational, occupational stability, grant lecturers fair contracts
UC AFFAIRS: It’s as easy as ‘1-2-3’: UC must overhaul its gig-based educational model to adequately compensate lecturers
The UC would collapse without lecturers. And yet, members of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers have been contractless for 18 months.
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I met my best friend on Omegle
To the Left
The internet was the perfect escape from my social anxiety. Omegle, an online chatroom for “meeting strangers and making new friends,” was where I lived.
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The empty promise of the gig economy
Prop. 22 is a crucial step in gig companies’ fight to protect their business models and create a category of workers without rights.
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What the Bay Area can do to stop the climate crisis
One of the simplest steps cities can take is to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings.
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Green theology provides valuable framework for climate action, justice
Sustainable practices — from making church structures more efficient to providing Black communities access to renewable energy — strengthen our communities.
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‘Bold of you to assume I’m straight’
Cal in Color
For some immigrants and BIPOC like me, being expressive with our identities can be more challenging than it is for white, non-immigrant people.
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Don’t get complacent about COVID-19
STATE AFFAIRS: As the COVID-19 case count rises, Californians must recommit to being as safe as possible
Over the past two weeks, the United States has hit higher and higher benchmarks of infections. Yet complacency has become just as infectious as COVID-19.
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COVID-19 in prisons makes need for abolition visible, urgent
We cannot push suffering away — we must meet it with compassion. We have an obligation to serve those who are vulnerable.
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