After a little over a month in office, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee has unveiled the people who will work for her administration.
Lee already made two of her most important hires weeks ago: her chief of staff is Miya Saika …
Newly minted Supervisor Paloma Aguirre joined the county’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday with a swearing-in ceremony on the lawn of the county’s downtown office building punctuated with “Sí se puede” chants and singalongs to mariachi music.
In her remarks, …
In the mid-20th century, California emerged as a cornerstone of Democratic Party political power. Each decade brought a population boom, and with it, a growing voice in Washington. Between 1950 and 1990, the state gained an average of six new …
Nothing siloed can save us: Why nonpartisan nonprofits alone aren’t the solution
There’s no question about it: nonpartisan organizations defending human rights, providing direct services, and uniting communities – along with funders who keep their staff
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — On Friday, Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee unveiled her transition team of business leaders, philanthropists, politicians and a Gen Z student — an early indicator of the coalition she is building to help navigate her first 100 …
With Los Angeles reeling from immigration sweeps and unsettled by nightly clashes between protesters and police, Mayor Karen Bass was asked by a reporter: What did she have to say to President Trump?
Bass, standing before a bank of news …
On Thursday, Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles. The Democrat was pushed to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents. The scene was appalling. The thugification of …
Last week, when Pres. Donald Trump sent federal troops into Los Angeles and escalated ICE raids across Southern California, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) didn’t stay silent. As chair of the Los Angeles County Legislative Delegation, she led more than 30 …
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s Abundance made a splash after its March release, earning a spot on the New York Times’ best seller list, a rarity for a book steeped in political wonkery. As weeks passed, it earned its share …
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 The Network State is not just a tech-libertarian concept. It’s linked to powerful political strategies and transnational influence campaigns. Our latest update to the Network State ER-Diagram shows …
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