Check out this infographic I made for Oakland North, which illustrates some of the costs incurred by the City of Oakland as officials attempted to manage the Occupy Oakland protests. Byrhonda Lyons did the reporting: A week after Occupy Oakland protesters were evicted from Frank Ogawa Plaza for the second time, the city is still […]
Tag Archives: General politics
Bristol Palin: Prospective Student or Political Operative?
Published by Campus Progress When rumors broke that Bristol Palin planned to attend Arizona State University, perhaps to major in communications, I thought: Hmph. Evidently her position as the high-profile daughter of a celebrity politician—and a single mom/reality TV star to boot—doesn’t preclude her from living out the college fantasy of every sheltered, upper middle […]
Obama, and the Birth of the (Above-)Racist
Originally published at Hyphen on May 8, 2009, and cross-posted at Racialicious on May 18, 2009. The New York Times commemorated President Obama’s 100th day in office last week with some optimistic reportage of race relations in the United States. Citing a recent New York Times / CBS News poll, the article asserted that Obama […]
What we have at stake: Why you MUST vote!
In the weeks leading up to this day, I’ve heard a lot of people proudly announce that they will abstain from voting because both candidates are rich/Christian/out of touch — or because So-and-So’s campaign manager is affiliated with some corporate villain or because neither candidate is taking a progressive enough stance on a single issue, […]
