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POLITICS

To Keep and Bear Arms: America’s Oldest and Newest Right

Depending on who you ask, the individual right to bear arms may date back to as long ago as 872 A.D., or as recently as […]

As this graph shows, the percentage of states explicitly protecting an individual right to bear arms has increased dramatically since 1970, due in part to NRA lobbying graph by Tuvya Bergson-Michelson, based on state constitutions
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There’s Still Work Left to Do to Increase Diversity in Congress

  • Post Author By Jeremy Lum
  • Post Date February 25, 2019

On January 3, 2019, when the 116th Congress was sworn in, the nation witnessed the most diverse group of congressmen and congresswomen to date. The […]

The 91 Democratic women in the House of Representatives gather on Capitol Hill. Nearly half of these women were elected in 2018. photo courtesy of The Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
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After Pivotal Term as SF Mayor, Gavin Newsom Elected Governor

  • Post Author By Lucy Barnum
  • Post Date February 25, 2019

On January 7, Gavin Newsom gave his inaugural address from the steps of the California State Capitol. Newsom — who had been sworn in as […]

Govenor Gavin Newsom speaking at Stanford University in November 2008 when he was Mayor of San Francisco. He was campaigning against Prop 8, a statewide initiative which was passed just days later that opposed Newsom's decision to issue thousands of same-sex marriage licenses in 2004. photo courtesy of Josh Thompson
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Progressive Candidates Battle in District 15 Assembly Race

When compared to the candidates battling in polarized partisan races across the country, Assembly District 15 candidates Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks, both Democrats, may seem […]

Days after a Wicks sign was placed on the grassy median that divides Sacramento Street, a Beckles sign was strategically placed beside it. Dozens of campaing posters now line the street across from North Berkeley Bart station. photo courtesy of Lucy Barnum