The Oakland Tribune may be a pathetic rag, but at least one newspaper is writing worthwhile stories about the city. The L.A. Times Magazine's cover story Listening to Oakland discusses how the hard-on-crime, lock-em-up stance California began in earnest in the 80s and has escalated through the present day has lead to disastrous long-term effects on the community.
It's probably the most important thing you'll read today.
Posted by peterme at July 6, 2003 10:09 AM | TrackBacki read this article, too. It had a lot of good information, and was well reported. Additionally, the nytimes had a piece regarding "tough on crime" - http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06SUN3.html
I hope this trend of questioning continues...
That said, it is a bit of a drag to see yet another article focus on how BAD oakland is. That said, I'm glad that there is another article that focuses on how BAD oakland is so the percolating coolness that creates the soul of GOOD oakland has a reasonable amount of time to grow on its own before it is, as Columbus might say, DISCOVERED.
Go Oakland.
PS - the Warriors would do well to change from Golden State to Oakland....
Posted by: pete at July 7, 2003 07:59 PMI was rather upset to see the cover illustration of the LA Times Magazine portraying Oakland as a prison complex. But, I guess if that's what it takes to keep out the Angelenos...
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