The Bay Citizen

Can a Retail “Pop­up­hood” Revi­tal­ize Down­town Oakland?

This Decem­ber, a “pop-up” neigh­bor­hood is com­ing to Old Oak­land: three down­town blocks of hip—albeit temporary—retail shops that show­case local design­ers, artists and goods

 Con­tro­versy Fol­lows State Trans­porta­tion Agency’s Deci­sion to Leave Oakland

The state ques­tions whether it’s legal for the agency ti use bridge tolls to buy a San Fran­cisco build­ing for its new building.

Ms. mag­a­zine

 Pre­serv­ing the Future: Indi­geous women are stand­ing up to Big Oil—and winning

Indige­nous women chal­lenge envi­ron­men­tally dev­as­tat­ing oil extrac­tion projects in the U.S. and Canada.

Defend­ing the Rights of Detained Fil­ip­ina Health Workers

In an unlaw­ful and unjus­ti­fied sweep, 43 health workers–including two preg­nant women–were detained nine months ago in Morong, Philip­pines. The women and men were sep­a­rated and sent to prison camps with­out expla­na­tion. Three women have since “dis­ap­peared.” Exclu­sive inter­view with the impris­oned healthworkers.

America’s Tough­est Sheriff?

In Ari­zona, immi­grant women bear the brunt of Sher­iff Joe Arpaio’s aggres­sive immi­gra­tion enforce­ment tactics.

 In Asia, It’s Progress not Perfection

Although Asian women lead­ers have often been related to pre­vi­ous male office­hold­ers, that’s not the whole story of their ascen­sion, nor does it belie the progress they’ve made.

Hyphen mag­a­zine

Med­ical Malpractice?

Fil­ip­ina nurses fight back against dis­crim­i­na­tion in the work­place. (print ver­sion)

The Beau­ti­ful Gen­er­a­tion: Asian Amer­i­cans and the Cul­tural Econ­omy of Fashion

The Asian Amer­i­can chil­dren of immi­grant gar­ment work­ers cross the assem­bly line.

Oak­land North

Despite promises, the Oak­land Air­port Con­nec­tor project yields few jobs

One year after con­struc­tion began, has the con­tro­ver­sial, $484 mil­lion Oak­land Air­port Con­nec­tor project cre­ated the jobs it promised? The answer depends on who’s calculating.

 Gourmet restau­rants, art gal­leries revive Oakland’s Auto Row on Broadway

Once a hub of auto­mo­bile com­merce, Broad­way Auto Row is fast becom­ing a cul­tural enclave, thanks to the gen­tle prod­ding and finan­cial invest­ment of an eclec­tic group of gal­lerists, restau­ra­teurs and niche shop own­ers who are mix­ing the old (and big) with the new (and small) to cre­ate a hybrid com­mer­cial cor­ri­dor that keeps money flow­ing through the street from day to night and back again.

Will the Oak­land Army Base rede­vel­op­ment plan cre­ate local jobs?

The Port and City of Oak­land apply for a fed­eral grant to turn the army base into a trade and logis­tics center—but com­mu­nity advo­cacy groups worry that fed­eral fund­ing will com­prise local hir­ing objectives.

Oppor­tu­nity Fund offers micro lend­ing to help small Bay Area busi­nesses succeed

Immi­grant house clean­ers enjoy finan­cial secu­rity and busi­ness own­er­ships with the sup­port of a Bay Area micro-financing firm.