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Leaders Should Learn About the Lives, Challenges of the Homeless
It’s easy for the general public to lump all homeless people together. It’s easy to say that it must be the homeless individual’s own choice to be homeless when riches and opportunities abound in...
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Culture of Misogyny Persists for Women in Silicon Valley Politics
San Jose was once the female capital of the world for political power. Janet Gray Hayes was the first woman mayor of a major city. She had a council consisting mostly of women. The Santa Clara County...
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One Voice: Summit on Sexual Assault Creates Important Conversation on College...
Sharon Stone nearly choked up Friday while reading the words of Emily Doe, a young woman who was raped while unconscious at a party on the Stanford University campus nearly two years ago. Stone, an...
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Bay Area Members of Congress Return to Districts for Town Halls
As uncertainty swirls over healthcare and controversial executive orders, five of California’s House representatives will return to their districts to hold town halls. On Saturday, Congressman Ro...
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Rep. Speier Calls for Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment
In 1923, women’s suffrage leader Alice Paul introduced the idea of equal rights for women. It’s unlikely Paul would have foreseen people wearing “pussy hats” to help argue this point, but nearly a...
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Former Congressional Staffer Attacks Trump Fan in Los Gatos
A former staffer for Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier is being identified as the woman who berated and allegedly attacked a group of Donald Trump supporters in downtown Los Gatos last week. The...
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2019: A Year in Review
Staying in bed all year is not an option for most of us, but if you felt like doing that in 2019, we get it. Recent decades have ended on more hopeful notes—the dotcom frenzy and the inauguration of...
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Santa Clara County Supervisors to Discuss Caltrain Tax Measure
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the future of Caltrain in grave danger and it’s now up to Santa Clara and San Francisco counties to save it. On Tuesday, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will...
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Incumbent Democrats Rule the Day in Bay Area House Races
Unlike the presidential race, which raged on the day after Election Day, there was very little drama in Bay Area congressional races Wednesday morning. Incumbent Democrats ruled the day in all 12 House...
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Bay Area Lawmakers Laud Passage of Covid Relief Bill
Bay Area legislators celebrated Wednesday following Congress’ passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief and stimulus package. The bill, known as ARPA, became...
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