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How the war in Yemen could end — in a matter of days

The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has intensified Washington’s debate over the war in Yemen. On February 13, by a 248-177 vote,...

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Are you a Sierra Club member who lives in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont or San Leandro? If so, you fall under the aegis...

Venezuela: Democratic uprising or US coup?

  Tens of thousands of angry people march in the streets to protest lack of democracy. Women bang on pots to raise alarm over the...

ACLU sues after Sacramento sheriff blocks Black Lives Matter on Facebook

  The First Amendment protects freedom of expression, but how does that law, written hundreds of years before smartphones were even imagined, apply to today’s...

Black queer people and allies rally against violence in wake of actor’s beating

"I just want a world where we can live our lives, where we can be ourselves free from this pressure of always having to...

Taxing the rich is suddenly a popular idea

I have always been fascinated by the World Economic Forum at Davos, where world leaders, rich people (and people who want to be seen...

50 years later, the lessons of the Santa Barbara oil spill

Fifty years ago this weekend, there wasn’t anything you could call an environmental movement in the United States. There were a few signs, in January...

A scary time in Venezuela

I am a Venezuelan national and also now a US national. I have been in the US now for 17, years but have the...

Some reality facing the candidates for president

The 2020 presidential race is well under way, and now that Sen. Kamala Harris surprised nobody by announcing she’s running, more people will enter. Harris...

Some sanity — and insanity — at the Planning Commission

The San Francisco Planning Commission heard some stunning information about the affordable housing crisis today – and the gallery was largely empty. “I am surprised...