Sometimes I worry about what I am teaching my students when we read Latino literature. Here’s my biggest gripe: In order for these novels to properly reflect the lives of our students of color, why do the male characters always have to be violent drunks who cheat on their wives?

To employ a saying that may be more appropriate in my home state of Colorado than in the Bay Area, Covering Occupy Oakland’s Move-In Day through clouds of smoke and between lines of cops and of protesters—each in their own respective riot gear—was not my first rodeo.

As we celebrate the commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, 83rd birthday, let us remember that he not only fought for racial justice and equality, but also called on us to end poverty and eliminate war.

On Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, Oakland Police entered a duplex at 1415 10th St. and arrested 12 people in and around the home; the realtor called in a locksmith to change the locks and the police came in behind them.

The Stop Online Piracy Act or HR 3261, and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act, have been touted as an appropriate…