Oakland

Message to Peggy Noonan: Open your eyes! Message to Peggy Noonan: Open your eyes!
The former Reagan speechwriter and WSJ opinion columnist can't see the recession. Is she even looking?
Welcome to the playoffs: Bye Welcome to the playoffs: Bye
Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff has an idea for shortening the baseball postseason. A bad one.
Why I pick lettuce for the Black Panthers Why I pick lettuce for the Black Panthers
I worry that Alice Waters' crusade for local, seasonal food isn't reaching the people who really need it.
Mr. Ruckus Mr. Ruckus
John Sellers climbed the Sears Tower to protest nukes and unfurled an anti-logging banner over the Golden Gate. The left's Merry Prankster talks.
Rise of the new black leaders Rise of the new black leaders
A new generation of black politicians is striving to put racial patronage and civic corruption behind it, and unite an increasingly diverse nation.
I saved my planet in San Francisco I saved my planet in San Francisco
While the Bush administration fiddles and the world burns, mayors from around the world gather in the city by the bay to confront "the biggest challenge in the history of our species."
The charter school challenge The charter school challenge
Notes from two pioneering California charter schools -- one a success story, the other a failure.
Disaster drill
Where's the virile firefighter who's supposed to cut off my clothes?
California makes its choices
Money talks as voters say no to gay marriage, yes to cracking-down on juvenile crime and maybe to more money for schools.
A Black Panther's last hurrah
David Hilliard wants to win an Oakland City Council seat by flogging the legacy of the group that still haunts the city. His failure to gain support shows how little the Panthers matter to its future.
Who killed Betty Van Patter?
A letter from an old friend stirs up passions from one of the most disturbing, yet little-known, crimes of the New Left era. It happened exactly 25 years ago.
Bradley: I'm still the underdog
Bill Bradley stunned the political world by raising more money in the last three months than had Al Gore -- but he's not about to claim front-runner status.
Letters to the Editor
Jerry Brown swaps race politics for results; is it time to outgrow George Carlin?
Jerry Brown shakes up Oakland's black political establishment
The hard-charging mayor challenges an entrenched bureaucracy -- and a racial spoils system.
True prime
He may be pushing 70, but Clint Eastwood just hit his stride with 'True Crime'.
My dinner with Jerry
Charming Hostess
Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
"progressive" education
LEFTISTS, DUCKING THE HARSH TRUTHS OF HISTORY
AND THEIR OWN MISTAKES, KEEP LIONIZING
THUGS LIKE THE BLACK PANTHERS.
The Rat Bite
A welfare mother's tragicomic tale of life in the system.
Poverty is boring
Aggie Max, author of "The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel," says it's not just the lack of money that makes escape nearly impossible it's the culture of poverty.
The SALON Interview: Jerry Brown
Moving toward the abyss

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