January 10, 2019 Op-Ed: Rep. Anna Eshoo Needs to Answer for Ties to Big Pharma By Salem Ajluni As the greed continues to eat away at the health care system, the only humane path forward is Medicare for all. Read More 16
January 5, 2019 Op-Ed: Mayor’s Bonebreaking Bike Collision Was No ‘Accident’ By Shiloh Ballard “Accident” is a word almost universally used to describe traffic collisions, but the word perpetuates the notion that crashes are unavoidable. Read More 64
December 19, 2018 Op-Ed: Your Holiday Gift Could Have Serious Security Risks By Kevin Bankston and Ashley Boyd How can holiday shoppers be sure that the new connected device they’re eyeing was designed with protections against digital attacks? Read More 1
December 18, 2018 Op-Ed: Everyone Deserves Nutritious Food, But Too Many in Silicon Valley Can’t Afford It By Leslie Bacho Food access is a critical issue in our community, one of the most expensive places to live in the country—during the holidays and all year long. Read More 1
December 5, 2018 Op-Ed: Google Bought Land in Downtown San Jose—Now What? By Tom Skinner San Jose has arrived at a fork in the road: we can either tax tech to build homes and transit, or we can recommit to a broken status quo. Read More 36
November 22, 2018 Op-Ed: Pot Record Clearance is Critical for Our Communities By Williams Armaline and Diana Varela SJSU will host an educational forum on cannabis record clearance on Nov. 28 in the Student Union Theater. Read More 1
November 2, 2018 Op-Ed: Here’s How to Fight Corruption in Cupertino By Tara Sreekrishnan To create a more responsive government, we need to ensure that the public—and not powerful moneyed interests—are financing our elections. Read More 30
November 2, 2018 Letter to the Editor: The Time is Now—Vote Yes on Measure V By Casandra Suarez Innovative thinking and political will must be combined in order to address and eliminate homelessness. Read More 8
October 29, 2018 Op-Ed: Well-Being of Veterans Should Be in Everyone’s Sight By Michael Furlong Veteran’s Day gives us the opportunity to reflect on how we can help former military members right here in our own backyard. Read More 1
October 19, 2018 Op-Ed: Sunnyvale City Council’s Inaction Brought Threat of Civil Rights Litigation Upon Itself By David Wessel Sunnyvale should move to district voting to avoid this hugely expensive lawsuit that the city would most likely lose. Read More 5
October 12, 2018 San Jose’s Moment: Google and Downtown’s ‘West Side Story’ By Scott Knies Is this finally San Jose’s moment for downtown to realize its potential as a vital and beautiful urban community? Read More 9
October 10, 2018 Op-Ed: Will Loss of Net Neutrality Prevent Next Generation of Technological Innovation? By Susan Akbarpour The repeal of net neutrality threatens to end the democratic internet, which aided in the creation of the technologies that we know and love. Read More 4
October 9, 2018 Op-Ed: San Jose Should Allocate Funding for Women’s Bill of Rights By Taraneh Roosta and Ruth Silver-Taube Women and non-binary people in San Jose are at a crossroads and City Manager Dave Sykes may decide our direction for generations. Read More 5
October 4, 2018 Op-Ed: Homeless People Should be Housed, Not Warehoused By Andrea Urton This new practice at HomeFirst will ultimately raise the sense of personal safety and introduce hope as a common practice. Read More 17
October 3, 2018 Op-Ed: Are We Serious About Ending Homelessness—or Pushing Out Homeless People? By Shaunn Cartwright San Jose, a city with a million residents and 4,000 people living on the streets, no longer has a 24-hour emergency homeless. Read More 3
October 3, 2018 Op-Ed: What I Learned From Sharing My Story with TEDx By Chandra Brooks Some tips I picked up from sharing the TEDx stage with some amazing thought leaders from around the Bay Area. Read More 0