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Oakland
June 29, 2023
Mark Hill
A Billionaire Baseball Owner Failed to Extort Oakland, So He’s Scamming Nevada Instead
John Fisher, an heir to the Gap fortune, is being handed hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to screw over A’s fans by moving his team to Las Vegas.
December 23, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
End the Cops’ Cannibalization of Our Budgets
“Defund the police” is not an austerity measure. It’s a demand that we put police department budgets to better use.
January 22, 2020
Maximillian Alvarez
Mothers Against Vampire Real Estate
In response to a reformist chorus directing them to wait, Moms 4 Housing opted to address a housing crisis with immediate action—and won.
January 31, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Flu Shots in the Firehouse
How to Survive Our Doctor Shortage
August 20, 2009
Seyward Darby
Locked Up for Life
September 1, 2003
Richard H. Thaler
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