GOP Health Bill—How We Got Into This Mess
Amid the scoreboard coverage of the GOP health bill, historians remind us of how the unique U.S. system became such an insurance-based mess....
21
Jun
21
May
Time to Ban ‘Roundup’
A court ruling in March made California the first state in the nation to require that chemical maker Monsanto label its weed killer Roundup as potentially cancer causing. While I’m...
18
May
Why It’s Important to Talk About Mental Health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is important for people to know they are not alone in their mental health struggles....
08
May
Chronically Ill People Say Repeal Vote is a Death Sentence
The passage yesterday of the American Health Care Act in the House of Representatives is viewed by many, especially the very sick, as a death sentence....
05
May
Street Soldiers Radio: The ‘Perfect Storm’ That Led to the Opioid Epidemic
Dr. Phillip Coffin, director of substance use research at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, describes the “perfect storm” in the 1990s that set the stage for today’s opioid...
04
May
Cigarillos and Alcopops: Richmond’s Liquor Stores Market to Kids
Tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks continue to be marketed to young people in Richmond. Those are the findings of the Contra Costa Health Department’s 2016 Healthy Stores for a Healthy...
26
Apr
Earth Day Draws Hundreds in North Richmond
The seventh annual North Richmond Green Festival and Earth Day Celebration on April 22 brought out community members for a creek clean-up, garden restoration, park festival and junior league baseball...
28
Mar
14-Year-Old Teaches Kids to Make Better Food Choices
14-year-old Sara Madriz is working hard to teach kids in her community to make better food choices....
13
Mar
Back to the ER — Poor Families Will Be Hardest Hit by Republican Health Bill
The healthcare bill introduced by House Republicans on Monday will cause millions of people to lose their health insurance, experts say....
08
Mar
A Chance to Breathe – Protecting the Coast for Richmond Residents
Caring about the coast isn’t enough. If we want clean sand and clean water – as 90 percent of Californians surveyed in a recent poll say they do – we...
22
Dec
People of Color and the Poor Will be Hardest Hit by ACA Repeal
President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to repeal and replace Obamacare is bad news for millions of Americans, but the poor and people of color are going to be hit hardest, say...
19
Dec
Finding Mindfulness Inside the Ring
Richmond boxing champion Jonny Perez works with the Mindful Life Project, where he helps teach the concept of mindfulness to elementary school students in Richmond. But his life did not...
01
Nov
North Richmond’s Newest Farm to Sell Fresh Food
Richmond nonprofit Urban Tilth hosted a celebration to introduce North Richmond's newest farm. The Oct. 15 event marked the beginning of construction at the new three-acre farm site at Fred...
17
Aug
As Sirens Go Off, Richmond Residents Fear the Worst
When you live in a low-income community in the shadows of Chevron, you fear the worst. Every single day we have to ask ourselves, “When is another explosion going to...
15
Aug
Betty Reid Soskin: ‘Your Support Allowed Me to Reclaim My Space’
94-year-old Betty Reid Soskin was attacked and robbed in her Richmond home in late June. Reid Soskin, a ranger at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park...
