Michelle Kern
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michelle Kern
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Culture
Oakland fire is proof we need to invest in artists’ housing
December 12, 2016If cities and the state of California are serious about being a sanctuary that will oppose the Trump agenda, they will also have to invest in the resources to make livable artists’ housing a reality.
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U.S.
Women’s “State of the Union” and the 2016 elections
June 28, 2016The key to defeating Trump is to mobilize the largest and most diverse coalition possible.
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Opinion
#NoBillNoBreak –25 hours of history
June 24, 2016My phone fired off notifications from Facebook and Periscope about every five minutes, signal flares from a body of people angered by a crisis of GOP gridlock and apathy.
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Arts
“A Year Without Sundays:” remaking Cuban society through literacy campaign
November 23, 2015A modern day activist for social change often dreams of that day when all the hard work of struggle comes to fruition . . .
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Opinion
The Silicon Valley ideology: online bias and technology
October 19, 2015In addition to the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, what seems to be needed is an Internet Bill of Rights and a Cyber-Civil Rights Act.
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U.S.
UFC’s ultimate fighters battle for fair treatment
June 10, 2015Sara McMann researched and found that 86 percent of women fighters in the UFC could be negatively impacted by the deal with Reebok.
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Labor
Anti-union groups target California teachers
May 18, 2015Pro-corporate education anti-union groups have taken aim at California teachers unions with two separate lawsuits.
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Labor
California teachers fight to save their union and the schools
March 25, 2015Unionized California teachers are among the many categories of workers nationwide whose unions are under attack by anti-labor lawmakers.
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