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The People of Color Tasked With 'Fixing' Silicon Valley's Race Problem
Tech companies in Silicon Valley are turning to Black employees and other workers of color to help them respond to Black Lives Matter protests nation…
6 years ago
Why Are Bay Area Hospitals Still Struggling To Get Personal Protective Gear?
New records obtained by KQED show local Bay Area hospitals have reported supply chain problems and the need for support and equipment from public age…
6 years ago
The COVID-19 Outbreak At San Quentin State Prison
Within one week in June, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at San Quentin State Prison grew more than 700 percent. Prison authorities have now r…
6 years ago
Artists Reimagine Where Money Goes in A Police-Free Oakland
In Oakland, a city that’s seen school closures and a rapid rise in homelessness in recent years, the police budget takes up around 44% of the general…
6 years ago
'This Is A Fight For Everyone': Asian Parents And Black Lives Matter
Growing up, Sarah Mizes-Tan's father encouraged her to always stand up to anti-Asian racism whenever she saw it. That's because he had experienced di…
6 years ago
Bay Area Dockworkers Continue Decades of Fighting Oppression on Juneteenth
You can’t separate labor from the police violence and oppression that’s being called out this Juneteenth - the day that commemorates the end of slave…
6 years ago
What One Alternative to Policing Looks Like
In January, the Anti Police-Terror Project launched a community first responder program in Sacramento called Mental Health First. Throughout the nigh…
6 years ago
The Mad Dash to Hire 20,000 Contact Tracers in California
Lisa Fagundes is a San Francisco librarian who also helps track and prevent the spread of COVID-19. As more Bay Area residents leave their homes, the…
6 years ago
‘Joy, Sadness, Rage, and Passion’ in Santa Rosa’s Streets
There have been dozens of Bay Area cities protesting against police violence since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Most of the protests h…
6 years ago
The Yearslong Movement To Get Police Out Of Oakland's Public Schools
Oakland Unified is the only school district in Alameda County with its own police force. And for nearly a decade, activists with the Black Organizing…
6 years ago