This article, written by Dr. Dipti S. Barot, a primary care physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, was originally published by the San Francisco Chronicle on Oct. 15, 2021. It offers a clear and thorough description of the health protection of full vaccination from...
There are nearly one hundred enormous cargo ships backed up off shore at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handle 40% of U.S. imports. Some ships have been waiting to dock and unload since August 23. And one of these idle ships was the likely cause of a...
It is now almost the middle of October, and we’ve been back at school since the beginning of August. The Oakland School District had the entire summer to prepare for our return in the middle of a pandemic, but little was done to guarantee the safety of students and...
Monday, October 11th was formally known as Columbus Day, a day which celebrated the representative of the genocidal assault on Indigenous people by European invaders. Now it is supposed to be Indigenous Peoples’ Day — a day to honor the histories and traditions of...
Across the world, women’s rights are under attack. This has included a massive legal assault on women’s rights throughout the U.S. This year, 561 abortion restrictions, including 165 abortion bans, have been introduced in 47 states. Eighty-three of these restrictions,...
