Baby Boomers have spent their lives challenging the status quo. They reshaped our workplaces, families, culture and expectations for how we live. Now, as this generation ages, we face a question we have spent far less time considering: Have we built a system that allows people to grow older the way they actually want to?...

Cancer is on the rise in young people in the Bay Area. Data from the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry shows that the rates of cancer in people under the age of 50 in the Bay Area has been on the upswing since 2018, increasing about 12% between 2018 and 2023. This alarming trend mirrors...

Every Labor Day, we remember the fights that built the modern workplace: the eight-hour day, the weekend, the right to organize. This year, we’re writing the next chapter: to establish workers’ rights to shape how emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, gets deployed on the job. Technology has always been part of work. At its best,...

AI data center backlash is growing, fueled by community concerns about local grids, electricity prices, water use and the environment. Meanwhile, AI technology is being integrated into every industry imaginable, which drives more AI data center demand. According to one recent real estate investment report, “nearly 100 gigawatts of new data centers will be added between 2026 and 2030,...

In the midst of an unprecedented budget crisis which has caused devastating cuts in healthcare, housing, education and employment needs, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is considering investing billions of public dollars into the worst possible response to a community in need — incarceration. The proposal from the County Executive’s Office to be...

For anyone navigating Silicon Valley, traffic can seem like just a backdrop to daily life. It’s easy to accept long lines of cars on Highway 101 during rush hours, idling buses at crowded stops and students waiting beside busy intersections as part of the price we pay for living here. But that normalization masks a...

For a Silicon Valley worker on an H-1B visa, losing a job can threaten far more than a paycheck. It can place a family’s ability to remain in the United States at risk, even when that family has spent years building a life here. That is why a newly proposed federal rule deserves the Bay...

Eric Nelson’s concern for Willow Glen merchants is legitimate. Broken glass, repeated theft and fear deserve a serious response. But his proposed solution does not fit his opening example. A person riding a bicycle and throwing rocks through storefronts would not ordinarily be identified by automated license plate readers. At least, that is what communities...

Last August, someone rode a bicycle down Lincoln Avenue and threw rocks through six shop windows and doors, mine included. It cost me $750 to replace the glass. The person responsible was never caught. Since June, downtown Willow Glen has logged roughly 30 reports of vandalism and theft, and while most haven’t resulted in major...

We recently ran an experiment to see whether our City Council would respond to questions from the public and explain its decisions. The result should concern anyone who cares about accountability in San Jose as they consider their choices in the upcoming election. Our group, No Digital Billboards in San Jose, is a coalition of...