Politics Blogs
By Chris Hoff on Nov 8 2011 - 10:50am
Often in local elections, several candidates end up vying for the same office. When there are more than two, like in Oakland's mayoral race, which has ten candidates, there's a good chance that none of them will get a clear win with over 50% of the vote. When this happens, there has to be another...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 7 2011 - 4:15pm
There are 16 candidates in this year’s San Francisco mayoral race, including the interim mayor, two city supervisors, and a state senator. There’s an educator, an entrepreneur, and an entertainer. The city’s public defender, city attorney, and assessor recorder. A taxi cab driver, a former...
By Rabbi Michael Lerner on Nov 5 2011 - 10:45am
When my teacher and mentor at the Jewish Theological Seminary Abraham Joshua Heschel told me and others that he had been “praying with his feet” when he participated in the Selma Freedom march in 1965, he confirmed for many a way of overcoming the dichotomy between my religious practice and my...
By Sara Bernard on Oct 10 2011 - 5:13pm
It’s been a decade since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, what came to be called “Operation Enduring Freedom.” NATO forces struck key Al Qaeda targets and toppled the Taliban government, forcing them to flee to the mountains. But those fighters never gave up, and to this day,...
By Ben Trefny on Oct 5 2011 - 7:53am
There are 16 candidates in this fall's San Francisco mayoral race, and KALW News' Ben Trefny has spoken with nine so far, including a city attorney, a state senator, and a city assessor-recorder, just to name a few. In his tenth interview, Trefny sat down with lesser known candidate Wilma Pang to...
By Ben Trefny on Oct 4 2011 - 7:20pm
In San Francisco, the mayoral election is just over a month away, and the 16 candidates have been stating their cases at debates around the city – one this past weekend took place before a Dog Political Action Committee. (It turns out, according to the SPCA and the U.S. Census, there are nearly one...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 29 2011 - 5:27pm
John Avalos represents District 11 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He once organized for the Justice for Janitors Campaign of the (SEIU) Local 1877 and has a degree in social work. He’s third-generation Mexican American, and was among the first in his family to graduate from a four-year...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 27 2011 - 5:15pm
We’re just over a month away from San Francisco’s mayoral election, and the 16 candidates are engaging in a last run of spirited debates. It’s been tough to stand out in such a crowded field, and that’s why KALW News has been giving voice to every candidate through a series of extended interviews....
By Ben Trefny on Sep 27 2011 - 4:35pm
Sixteen candidates are vying for the position of mayor of San Francisco, and KALW News is talking extensively with every candidate, including City Attorney Dennis Herrera.
Originally from Long Island, Herrera made his way to San Francisco in the late-‘80s after earning a maritime law degree at...
By Will Durst on Sep 26 2011 - 4:29pm
This past year hasn’t brought much good news about our economy. The nation’s unemployment rate is still at 9.1%, going down only half a percentage point since 2010. The USDA reports that 50 million Americans continue to struggle to put enough food on the table each day. And locally it doesn’t look...
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