I love Oakland. I really do. This city is bold, diverse, creative, complicated, resilient, messy, brilliant, frustrating, and beautiful all at the same time. Oakland has some of the best food you will ever eat, people who will organize a protest by noon and a healing circle by 3pm, and enough culture packed into one …
Democracy or Authoritarianism? At This Point, We Should Probably Be Concerned.
So what exactly is authoritarianism? In simple terms, authoritarianism is a system of government where power becomes concentrated in the hands of one leader or a small group of elites. It is often marked by attacks on political dissent, weakening checks and balances, limiting civil liberties, controlling public narratives, and creating an environment where fear …
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The Supreme Court Just Made Suppression Easier… And they are counting on you not understanding what that means!
What does it really mean to have the right to vote? And more importantly, do we truly understand what it means when that right is quietly chipped away in real time? Too many people fought, bled, and died for Black Americans to have the right to vote for us to treat it like it is …
