Activism

BAS Voted Best Website in the Bay Area!!
I’m very proud to announce that BrokeAssStuart.com was voted “Best Local Website” in the 48Hills/SF Bay Guardian Best of of the Bay awards. You can come celebrate with us on Wednesday at El Rio. This is especially an honor because we are the “Reader’s Choice” winner, which means the people of

A Canadian Rollerblader is Skating Across SF to Fight Against Cancer
Accompanied by San Francisco firefighters, Canadian rollerblader Christine Ichim will skate across the city on Friday to raise awareness for the San Francisco Fire Department Cancer Prevention Foundation.

BrokeAssStuart.com Wins Best Local Website!
Our favorite local website (48hills.com) just published its Best of the Bay 2021 winners! It is the 46th annual Readers’ Poll rewarding everything from Best Burrito and Best Politician to Best Sweets Shop and Best Bike Store. “This year’s Best of the Bay is dedicated to the indomitable Bay Area

MILLS COLLEGE WORKERS RALLY FOR JOBS, UNION RECOGNITION
Thirty to 40 staff, part-time faculty and students marched and rallied Wednesday afternoon at Mills College in Oakland to retain their jobs and seek a union contract as the merger with Northeastern University gets underway, a union member said.

Kyrie Irving Is Not Like Muhammad Ali, He’s Just Delusional
The 7 xNBA all-star, 1 time NBA Champion, and fresh new symbol for the anti-vaxxer movement, is Kyrie Irving. Kyrie has caused quite a bit of controversy lately by refusing to get vaccinated. Kyrie plays in Brooklyn, which is in New York, which has a vaccine mandate. Meaning Kyrie will

Oakland’s First First Friday Since the Pandemic was Exactly What I Needed
Oakland is a city of contrast and creativity. The beauty of Oakland is found within this conflict. The struggle of the flat lands juxtaposed against the prosperity in the hills, the pothole-laden streets where homes sell for upwards of a million dollars, the way your windows shake when a car

Bill Signed to End Mandatory Minimum Jail Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses in CA
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that ends mandatory minimum jail sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Wiener said Senate Bill 73 will help end mass incarceration and what he called the state’s war on drugs. “Our prisons and jails are

Protestors Shut Down GG Bridge Traffic to Call for $3.5T Funding Package, Pathway to Citizenship
By Eli Walsh A group of immigrant rights activists shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge Thursday morning to call on federal legislators to pass trillions of dollars in social program spending and create a pathway to citizenship for people living in the country illegally. Activists with the Bay