This is how the School to Prison Pipeline starts in San Leandro: with Middle...
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a meeting of parents of English learners at my daughter’s middle school, here in San Leandro. I don’t usually go to ELAC meetings, but that night my daughter’s choir...
View ArticleSad Lessons on Racism, Surveillance and Police Intimidation at School Board...
Drawing by 10 yo Camila of the curriculum committee meeting. Camila was one of two kids not allowed to tell her views on the program. A couple of weeks ago, I got a lesson on how the school-to-prison...
View ArticlePhotos of San Leandro Undercover Police Officers
These are three of the four undercover officers which a parent recognized at the last San Leandro School Board meetings. Parents and children rallied against a program that will put police officers in...
View ArticleCity of Oakland Provides Free “Revenge Mail” Service
The City of Oakland has set up a service to help Bay Area citizens get back at anyone (or at least, any male) whom they feel has done them wrong. All they need to do is complete this form, entering...
View ArticleNancy O’Malley Lets Cops Get Away with Murder. Literally.
SLPD officer Ryan Gill This is Ryan Gill. He is a murderer. In late December 2010, Gill shot to death Gwendolyn Killings, an African-American woman from Hayward. Killings was driving a car that had...
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