When a movement for progressive change win such a mammoth victory as has occurred with gay marriage, we must ask what other campaigns can learn from this success.
Some, like the immigrant rights movement, have already applied the hard won Read More »
Campaigners warn that power plant ruling threatens to delay critical safeguards, fails to account for savings to human health and environment.
Placing the interests of Big Coal over public health, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to back the Read More »
Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors debated whether adding more police would reduce crime. In backing this position, the Board’s “moderate” majority sought to raise the city’s number of mandated cops; progressives argued that adding police does not Read More »
Austin, Denver, and London are investigating devices that can detect cyclists to address the growing number of riders on the road.
Many traffic lights don’t recognize cyclists. They rely on inductive loops—basically giant metal detectors—buried underground that are set to Read More »
When Gordon Chin and fellow activists formed the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) on April 1, 1977, San Francisco’s Chinatown was at risk. Powerful interests were out to transform the neighborhood, and that August saw the mass eviction (and later Read More »
Home movies have gone from kitsch to chronicles of minority cultures not accorded places in the history books. For the protagonist of Michael J. Saul’s “The Surface,” these movies turn out to be a key for him to connect to Read More »
Once I saw the final score, 105-8, I knew Sid Miller had won. The man who values control was going to give control to the people whom he valued. All 8 of them.
Last week, Miller axed several Texas school Read More »
Posted June 25, 2015 by Juan H. Flores and Rogelio Saenz
The American Dream is fading for many Latino families today and for their children tomorrow. This is especially true in Texas where many Latinos face significant barriers to building wealth and future opportunities for their children. As a result, over Read More »
