The Manipulation of Elections: How the Ruling Class Weaponizes “Agents of Chaos”
A similar pattern appears to create a “doom loop” narrative in Bay Area elections and across the country using local networks of Tech Billionaires, Real Estate and Landlord Lobbyists, and Coal industry investment.Using “Agents of Chaos,” social media influencers, and news media, one could call it the Doom Factory.
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.
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.
A Night of Healing with Barbara Lee Links Gun Violence and White Supremacy as National Problem
Outlining a need to stop gun violence across the country, Lee emphasized the problems with domestic terrorism to worshipers, immigrants, and people of color as well as violence in homes and on the streets. She stressed the importance of letting the NRA know, “we are more powerful than they are.” The NRA has lobbied against gun reform for decades. Background checks and supporting a ban on assault rifles meant for war are a few gun reform legislations Lee wants to pass in congress.
How Far Does Free Speech Go? Using identity politics as a weapon of confusion.
As previously published in print on May 16, 2019, for my school newspaper the Laney Tower. Portraits of...
Choosing Between Housing and Education
When resources are not available to young college students, prioritizing education over housing can be a difficult choice. For Laney College football player Armani Turner-Jenkins, his choice was between basic comforts and achieving his long-term goals.
