Meanwhile, recent legislation in Israel that restricts the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in Gaza threatens to further choke off humanitarian relief, exacerbating the ...

Singer/activist Barbara Dane died on Sunday at her home in Oakland at the age of 97. According to the New York Times, "She established her bona fides as a folky of the first order while still in her ...

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The dialogues between Athena and the others are barbed and witty. The scenes, or sequences of action that mingle with words, go by quickly, but with the same wit & stamp of relevance as Athena does, ...

AGENDA: 1. Conference with Labor Negotiators Employee Organizations, Fire Fighters Local 1227 I.A.F.F. Fire Chiefs, Berkeley Police Associations, SEIU 1021 Community Services and Part-time Recreation ...

Much of the East Bay Area adjacent to San Francisco is known for being relatively low in crime. With some exceptions, we aren't living in areas where we must fear for our lives. Yet even in "nice" ...

Recommendation: Adopt a first reading of an Ordinance to add a subsection to Berkeley Municipal Code Section 9.04.165 to create an exemption on the taxing of business gross receipts relating to ...

have plagued Palestine for more than a century. The Council recalls its statement in founding the Peace and Justice Commission in 1986 that “it is the responsibility of one and all to labor hard for ...

Supporters of Israel insist opponents should stop calling Israel an apartheid and genocidal state. They pretend we make this up and are anti-Jewish (though they know many Palestine supporters are Jews ...

LETTER 1:September 4, 2024 Dear Councilman Tregub: Today, I am writing to you as a second generation Jew, mother of two, and grandmother of five. Seven blessings in my life, which qualify me to speak ...

Much has been made (and rightly) of Joe Biden's shuffling walk and bumbling speech but he could now be seen as one of the most powerful leaders on Earth. All thanks to the Supreme Court. Much has been ...