Sharon Kyle

V. James DeSimone has been a powerful leader in civil rights and employment law for over 35 years, representing plaintiffs who have suffered improper use of force by law enforcement in various Californian jurisdictions. DeSimone is a strong supporter of social justice. He was on the joint Civil Rights Committee for the National Police Accountability Project and Consumer Attorneys of California which was instrumental in getting legislation passed to improve state civil rights laws.

The historian and author of For Better and Worse explains how economic insecurity, racism and inherited gender roles undermine relationships—and why tradwife nostalgia offers the wrong cure.

Renée Bartlett-Weber is an emerging investigative journalist dedicated to exploring the impact of policy on communities and individuals. Her unconventional journey into journalism spans archaeology, marketing, wine, and healthcare—fields that have deepened her curiosity about people, cultures and justice. Renee has covered elections, school budgeting, state funding, First Amendment disputes and more. Her work has been featured in Santa Monica Daily Press, AfroLA, KPFK, KALX, Richmond Confidential, and various community college publications.

Ellie Prickett-Morgan is an 11th Hour Food and Farming intern through UC Berkeley's School of Journalism. They are an audio journalist based in Oakland. Their reporting focus is food, environment, and climate stories with a Bay Area lens.

Zayd Ayers Dohrn discusses the Weather Underground, interracial solidarity, political risk and transforming a fugitive family history into a guide for the next generation.

Robert Jensen on higher education, political neutrality, racial honesty—and why shared work may teach us more than another academic seminar

Baba Akili and Thandiwe Abdullah returned from Havana with an eyewitness account of empty streets, failing hospitals and a people enduring the latest chapter of a long U.S. campaign against Caribbean self-determination.

Pam Russell is a local peace activist. After serving the Reno community as the executive director of the Women and Children's Center of the Sierra for ten years, she retired and is now a member of the feminist peace organization CODEPINK's Reno Chapter.

The Center for the Study of Political Graphics presents Graphic Resistance: Seven Decades of California Posters for Peace & Justice will open in Santa Monica from August 7th through September 7th.

America’s economic elites have repeatedly used racial hierarchy to prevent Black and white workers from building power together.