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Voters Reject President Trump's Dystopian Plans for 'Public Safety' May. 12, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
President Donald Trump has been pushing mass deportations, aggressive law enforcement measures and a... Read More
Christmas Together Dec. 18, 2024
During the Christmas season when I was a boy, my mother used to take my brothers and sisters and me ... Read More
An Excellent Supreme Court Decision on Homelessness Jul. 10, 2024
Homelessness, unfortunately, has become a persistent and growing problem in the United States. The S... Read More
The Hard Ask Jul. 07, 2024
I've settled down to write at my kitchen table with my son playing on his computer across from me. I... Read More
There Are No Debates in an Echo Chamber Jun. 30, 2024
I'm someone who watches horror movies from behind fingers in front of her eyes or a forearm shieldin... Read More
Seeing Clearly Is the Start Jun. 23, 2024
There is now a regular in the parking lot of my local grocery store who asks to clean my windshield.... Read More
The Shadows Turned Away From the Sun Jun. 09, 2024
At 5:30 a.m., it was still dark when we — five cops, two city council members, and one city ma... Read More
He Would Give Them Water Jun. 02, 2024
I've thought more about what Jesus would do in the last five months than I have since those bracelet... Read More
The People Have a Right to Enjoy Their Parks Apr. 25, 2024
Public parks belong to the public, right? A billionaire can't cordon off an acre of Golden Gate Park... Read More
When the Mandate Is Simply 'Do Something' Mar. 10, 2024
The email didn't address me by name, so I looked at the header to see if I was the only one listed o... Read More
The Homeless Crisis Should Not Be Treated as Out of Sight, Out of Mind Feb. 23, 2024
At a lunch meeting recently, I heard someone say they liked living downtown but moved to the suburbs... Read More
Homeless People Do Not Have a 'Right' to Camp in Squalor and Invade Our Neighborhoods Jan. 17, 2024
Tired of stepping over needles and human waste, and navigating around half-conscious addicts and hom... Read More
The Profiteering Migrant-Industrial Complex Dec. 20, 2023
This week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned of "extremely painful" cuts to city services to off... Read More
Give Us Educated, Skilled Immigrants Yearning to Support Themselves Dec. 13, 2023
When Emma Lazarus wrote her famous line in 1883, "Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masse... Read More
Mr. President, Please Kill the Homeless Woman Who Lives Outside My Apartment Nov. 17, 2023
Dear Mr. President, Won't you please kill the homeless woman who lives on a bench on the median stri... Read More
Trump Supports Mental Institutions Nov. 01, 2023
Former President Donald Trump "has called for the return of 'mental institutions" to get the homeles... Read More
The Unhoused Are Not Hopeless Oct. 25, 2023
When considering the homeless, include Halle Berry, Jim Carrey, multibillionaire coffee magnate Fran... Read More
Blue City Blues Aug. 30, 2023
Eric Adams is trying to con us into believing New York City is "thriving." Sorry, Mr. Mayor, but we'... Read More
Doom Loop City Aug. 30, 2023
It should come as no surprise that an enterprising San Franciscan came up with the idea to host a "d... Read More
The Humanitarian Crisis Right Before Your Eyes Aug. 02, 2023
How could 6,000 shelter beds be unoccupied in Los Angeles County? It's a number, reported in LAist i... Read More
