Opinion: Soda tax promises bitter outcome for residents and businesses
Richmond’s regressive and indiscriminate sugar tax promises a bitter outcome for our most underserved residents and struggling businesses. The proposed tax is extraordinarily broad, impacting much more...
View ArticleJovanka Beckles: Vote “Yes” on Measure N to create mentally and physically...
The campaign signs read, “More sports + less sodas = healthy kids.” A tax on sugar sweetened beverages is designed to raise money to provide opportunities for our young people to participate in healthy...
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Dr. Maya Rockeymoore: When Breaking Up is Hard to Do, The Link Between Sugary...
I will never forget the time when I visited my parent’s church on “Diabetes Sunday,” a program of the American Diabetes Association to raise awareness about the disease within the African-American...
View ArticleOpinion: Gun violence in Newtown, Richmond
There is an African Proverb that I am fond of quoting. It says: “The experience of one generation becomes the history of the next, and the history of several generations becomes the traditions of a...
View ArticleOp-ed: Contra Costa County Sheriff Livingston on relationship with North...
Contra Costa County Sheriff David O. Livingston sent a letter to Richmond Confidential in response to an article we ran earlier this month, "North Richmond not receiving the benefits of Ceasefire," by...
View ArticleOPINION: Richmond’s investment in youth is path to end gun violence
Currently there are hundreds of young people in Richmond who need to be provided with effective youth development opportunities and purposeful engagement with healthy adults on a consistent basis.
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Opinion: On Mother’s Day, moms strive for that elusive work-life balance
“Just one more minute, sweetheart,” I say to my two-and-a-half-year-old. Atticus hangs off my arm as I toggle in for just one last edit on a video project for graduate school. “Come,” he says. “Come,...
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OPINION: Must we tolerate intolerance?
The city council has a job to do — run the City of Richmond — and council meetings are one of the primary vehicles by which to do so. Section 2.12.030 makes provisions for the silencing of speech that...
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GUEST OPINION: Lament for veterans
GUEST OPINION: Inegalitarianism, defined as the exclusion of large segments of the population from participation in the socioeconomic and political system despite the language of equality, liberty and...
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OPINION: Insights from an “outsider”
My stories will always be shaped and influenced by my past experiences. I’m Muslim, and I’m American. I'm from the Midwest, and I’ve lived on both the East and West Coasts.
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Blocs apart: how violence undermines protest goals
Reporter Brett Murphy spent time covering the protests against police violence in Berkeley and Oakland. He shares his thoughts along with a video of the protests. Viewer warning: contains offensive...
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Richmond Confidential looks back on 2014, year for the ages
Long after the billboards come down, the campaign mailers rest in landfills and the New Year’s toasts come and go, 2014 may be remembered as Richmond’s big election year. We are honored to have been...
View ArticleThe Best of People of Richmond: Weekly Slideshow
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View ArticleOPINION: Why a Jovanka Beckles victory is crucial
Tuesday’s elections in the 15th Assembly District might change the meaning of who "We the People" really are in the Trump era. The race is a microcosm for the larger political battles in the United...
View ArticleReviewers salivate over Salvadoran cuisine
Explore the culture and meaning behind pupusas, a native food of El Salvador. The post Reviewers salivate over Salvadoran cuisine appeared first on Richmond Confidential.
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