Populism, Nationalism, and Capitalism, it’s not just for White People
(originally posted on DopeEraMagazine.com 11/21/2016) Updated October 29, 2022 After Kanye West, Tila Tequila, and a few other...
QAnons Extreme Appeal and Social Media Pipeline Explained
In depth QAnon research and explanation how extremism is cultivated online.
Breaking Chains for Change – One Family’s Fellowship to Empower Communities
Frank Smith was once a man of the streets of Oakland. He had a reputation as "Frank the Bank," but he turned into "Frank the Blessed" when he dedicated his life to his faith, his wife, and his children.
Art Blooms in Oakland After Chaotic Protest Nights End
If silence is violence, the residents of Oakland have an answer for that; art. Throughout Saturday artists of all ages and ethnicities took their paint, paintbrushes and spray paint to claim boarded windows in Downtown Oakland as forms of beautiful expression.
George Floyd Protest in Oakland Reflects Conflicting Intensions
Friday night's Oakland protest of the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police had a different—pent energy—than any other protest I've ever been to.
No One is Immune to Online Manipulation. It’s Time We Take it Seriously
How the “Dirt-Bag Left” misogyny broke the political left in 2020. Certain people seem more susceptible to misinformation...
Five Types of Attraction and How to Grow a Romantic Garden
Love is like a garden. If you don’t maintain and prune a garden, it becomes prickly, painful to navigate, and unsightly. Letting one side overrule the other becomes unhealthy and filled with weeds.
Moms4Housing Claims for One Home Taught Housing Organizers Valuable Lessons
The right to housing is a human right. Yet, in Oakland, there are nearly four vacant properties for every homeless person. A group of homeless moms, Moms 4 Housing, organized to take over a vacant home in West Oakland and used this statistic to wedge their way into a vacant home in West Oakland.
ACCE and Moms 4 Housing Join Forces in March for Affordable Housing with Oakland Advocate Groups
A unified mix of Oakland advocate groups descended on a luxury high-rise to spotlight a building boom they say is not intended to house locals—creating more homelessness and forcing many to leave the city.
From Burning Man to Wood Street
At the Wood Street homeless encampment in West Oakland, CA, 54-year-old Carter-Griffin said she has been homeless a total of 10 years. Six of those years have been in West Oakland. A 5th generation San Franciscan, Carter-Griffin lived in the Bay Area all of her life, minus two years.