From an Oakland teacher: It is back to school in person as the coronavirus’ delta variant surges across the globe. For some, the summer was a respite from the trials of the pandemic – in many areas, indoor activities resumed, and outside, many were going without a...
A letter from a teacher I am a teacher at an elementary school in East Oakland, California. East Oakland may only be 10 minutes from downtown, but it is like traveling through a vortex – from clean streets to smoldering piles of garbage, from new developments to...
This is a summary of conversations with individuals in Taiwan and their impressions of the response to Biden’s election. The U.S. elections have resulted in the defeat of Trump and a victory for Biden. While many in the U.S. and around the world feel a sense of...
Report From a Healthcare Worker For months now we have heard the government and the bosses call healthcare workers “heroes,” “angels,” “brave warriors,” etc. But what we have also seen is an across the board attack on the working conditions of these very same workers....
Report From a Healthcare Worker in the Bay Area At the beginning of the pandemic, healthcare workers in the San Francisco Bay Area could take solace in the fact that California was “crushing the curve.” While the reduction in services impacted most peoples’...
