Morrie Turner’s Rainbow Coalition
The Late Morrie Turner’s Wee Pals cartoons were ahead of their time.
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Rachel Trachten
Getting to Om
I sit on my mat and stare at the wall as the rest of my yoga class chants om. “Enjoy the sound and...
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I’ve Never Told Anyone But . . .
Bay area writers offer different takes on a writing theme for The Monthly’s summer essay contest.
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The Lawyer Is In
Maybe there is such a thing as free legal advice. Held in Oakland and Berkeley at places like the Crossroads Cafe and the Hub, the Legal Cafe—which dishes up sage advice for those who want to collaborate and innovate—offers free legal services to community members looking to form worker cooperatives and urban farms.
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DARE to SHARE
Want to swap a haircut for a new website? Teach your neighbors how to make jam and get your leaky sink fixed in return? With money tight—and an eye toward saving the planet—people are getting creative about sharing their stuff and their skills, and finding new friends in the bargain.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
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A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.
Being a Long-Distance Caregiver
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
In the Philanthropic Swim
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
My Father, My Lie
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.