Fault Lines Project
Jobs continue to be scarce all over the country right now. In California, the unemployment rate is at a record 12.5 percent, and in Oakland, it’s over 17.5 percent. But when you drive down the main drags of East Oakland, people are hard at work in a different economy. You’ll see some young men...
Guns are dangerous weapons that can kill. But some people think having a gun may help them survive, especially in neighborhoods with heavy murder rates, like places in East Oakland. Some people argue that simply showing one can be protection enough. There’s a paradox here: young men carry firearms...
16-year-old Akeila Tolson is one of the Youth UpRising contributors to the Fault Lines Project. She is a thoughtful and creative young poet and rapper, who learned to love music from her older brother. She tells us about her experience looking up to him as she grew up in East Oakland, and how he...
Guns, drugs, prostitution...these are some obvious roots to the violence in Oakland. But then there are some that are less obvious, like lack of access to healthy food.
In our last installment of the Oakland Fault Lines Project, we have part two of our look at holistic solutions to violence. Today...
Todd White has lived in the Rockridge, North Oakland area for 20 years. He shares his thoughts on solutions to violence in Oakland for our Fault Lines Project.
So often when people think of violence in Oakland, they think of drugs, guns and murder. It’s what’s most visible, and it is certainly what catches headlines.
But when reporters Sarah Gonzalez and Sandhya Dirks asked residents what violence means to them, they got more complex...
Yesterday we took a closer look at a violence prevention initiative passed in Oakland five years ago, called measure Y. Now halfway through its ten-year span, it is still unclear how effective the initiative has been. Measure Y funds have been used to create employment and training programs,...
This blog was written by Mills College reporting fellow Sandhya Dirks for our Fault Lines Project, exploring roots and solutions to violence in Oakland. You can hear the reports in our series, read other blogs by our reporters, and participate in online discussions around these important...
Violence in Oakland is a persistent issue, one reason it was recently ranked as having the third highest crime rate in the United States. But that ranking is based on last year’s data, and doesn’t reflect that crime has actually gone down by 13 percent in 2009. One could say...
This blog was written by Mills College reporting fellow Sandhya Dirks for our Fault Lines Project, exploring roots and solutions to violence in Oakland. To hear the reports in our series, read other blogs by our reporters, and to participate in online discussions around these important issues...
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