Opinion

Featured photo — “a city through a jungle” —  from author Katie Simpson. Each night my dad made the same toast: “to another day in paradise.” Our glasses clinked as we…

Photo via comingsoon.net.  As a young girl, I watched fairytale “happily ever after” endings, and I wondered why none of the princesses fell in love with another princess. I wanted to…

I am not an avid protester, despite my history as a graduate from a proud hippie-college and my work with the National Organization for Women in my twenties. The t-shirt…

Sounding the all-clear on DACA because the new administration hasn’t gutted the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program yet is like stepping out into the French Quarter immediately after the…

What started as a Facebook post created by a retired attorney from Hawaii to protest the results of the election turned, overnight, into a massive movement. During the Women’s March…

Great stories are all well and good, but there are some that are so perfectly written that they are actually able to teach more to their readers about the craft…

A Call for Civic Responsibility from San José State University (SJSU) and the City of San José, CA   “How difficult is it for one body to feel the injustice…

Like I imagine many of us are during this “what should have been” moment in women’s history, I have been thinking about the women in my family from past generations.…

November 9th, 2016 was not the end of the world. This isn’t the first time a demagogue used an existing system to take control of a country. It certainly isn’t the first…

Dear Muslim persons: I see your radiant beauty–in each and all of your varied forms. I respect you. I want you to know I love you. You belong here. We…

Continued thoughts on the election: From Max, in Oakland, California: White people need to take ownership of this. If you are crushed by this result then you need to start…

I’m reading the Iliad for the first time–the new translation by Caroline Alexander.  It feels like the perfect time to delve into the classics, especially poetry.  I don’t expect to find answers…

How does the land we stand on define us? Does a place’s history and inheritance have bearing on its presence? Are some patterns that play out through time beyond our…

The cultural significance of singer Beyonce’s Lemonade has had me ponder the influence of Oakland rapper Kamaiyah’s A Good Night In The Ghetto. It pains me to have to feel…