Librarians on the Line: Evaluating Children’s Books About Police: In a post Black Lives Matter world, children's literature hasn't necessarily kept up with the times.
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Could Free Eviction Attorneys Help Stem San Francisco’s Housing Crisis?: Proposition F is a milestone in the growing "Right to Counsel" movement
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For Alcoholic Residents at Dann’s House, ‘It Feels Like Home’: This summer morning, like every day, the case manager went on a beer run around 9 a.m.
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My Dad Hasn’t Had Anything to Eat or Drink in 2 years: How a seemingly horrible medical situation can lead to a new lease on life.
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Teaching medicine with fake cadavers that bleed, blink and breathe: Synthetic Cadavers and 3D Printed Kidneys could signal the future of medicine.
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Oakland Bio-Hackers Try to Make their Own Insulin: A ragtag group of non-scientists is trying to break up the big pharma monopoly on insulin.
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Legendary Squatter Takes Possession of His Home: Can the narrow legal strategy of squatting to take posession of a home help stem gentrification?
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Will the Berkeley Flea Market Survive a Changing Neighborhood?: Will gentrification squeeze out this historically African-American gathering place?
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To find the good stuff at Goodwill, go online: The king of Thriftshops is remaking its image, and wants customers to bid for items on ebay.
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Efforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears: Bureaucracy is keeping aid from reaching war-torn Syrians towns
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Rock Paper Scissors Is Priced Out: End of an Era for Oakland Art Scene: A seminal art gallery is the latest victim of Oakland's "coolness" -- success that it helped create.
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Low-Power Radio Station Fights AIDS in New Orleans: WHIV is on the air and trying to change public perceptions.
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Commuter Cops: Should police have to live in the city where they work?
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Porchfest!–Musicians Take over the Streets of Napa: A year after a significant earthquake, the best of Napa was on display in their version of what's become a national phenomenon:
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5 Years After BP: In Conversation With Antonia Juhasz: One of the foremost experts on the oil industry says five years after the BP disaster, the Gulf of Mexico is struggling to recover, and the oil companies appear to have learned very little.
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Battle Over a Sliver of Land in Changing Oakland Neighborhood: A Porta-Potty encapsulates the pressures of gentrification.
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Turfin: Women Dance Their Way Into a Male-Dominated Scene: Female street dancers getting some shine in a male dominated scene.
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Skateboarders Try to Legalize Skatepark: Can a renegade skatepark go legit?
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The People vs. Syngenta: Jackson County, OR bans GMO crops: A rural Oregon county takes on big Ag.
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4th Graders Want Deported Classmate Back in USA: Jefferson elementary students want to "Bring Rodrigo Home!"
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Immigration Reform Would Look Different for Africans And Afro-Caribbeans: Asylum, refugees, TPS...the issues are different than for many other immigrants.
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The Fight Over Gang Injunctions: An in depth look at the battle both inside and outside the courtroom, over this controversial crime fighting tool.
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Small-Town Resistance to Migrant housing: What happens if farm workers are made to feel unwelcome in Northern Michigan?
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Can a 1-day Ceasefire Bring Peace to Oakland?: East Oakland Organizers Plan A Day Without Violence
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Protesters target Wells Fargo shareholder meeting in San Francisco: Can shareholder activism alter the financial giant's policies?
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May Day Protests Bring Together Immigrants and Occupy: Can Occupy work together with labor and immigrants rights activists to build a broader movement?
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‘Popuphood’ aims to bring new business to Old Oakland: Taking the pop-up concept to the next level
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The Anonymous Artist: A true story about the fickle word of art world fame.
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Ecstatic Dance Builds a Following: Some are calling it 'the new yoga'.
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Occupy Oakland shuts down port operations: A video report about Occupy's December 2011 west coast port shutdown.
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Immigrants Fleeing to Florida in Wake of Alabama Immigration Law: Immigrant families fleeing Alabama are finding overwhelmed social services in Florida.
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Police Crack Down on Occupy Oakland for 2nd Time in Street Clash: Police use tear gas on demonstrations against a raid on Occupy Oakland.
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Al-Jazeera English Shunned by Cable TV: A visit to Burlington Vermont, the first city to carry the controversial station.
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Emerging Movement in Mexico Against the Drug War: Could the words of a poet end the drug war in Mexico?
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California’s Prop 19-The end of the War on Marijuana?: How the failed legalization measure could signal changes for America's long-standing policy on marijuana prohibition.
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Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence: A look at the ongoing battle between the people and the police – and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.
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A Unicycle Basketball Rivalry: Puerto Rico and Berkeley California square off in the North American championships.
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Saving Cypress Forests from Becoming Garden Mulch: Hurricane damage on the Gulf Coast stems in part due to the unscrupulous clearing of precious swampland.
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