Opinion :: Editorial

Editorial: High time for cannabis reform

Editorial: High time for cannabis reform

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jul 24, 2019

This week, Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) and House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) introduced comprehensive marijuana reform legislation that is long past due.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jul 24, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: GLAAD's continued irrelevancy

Editorial: GLAAD's continued irrelevancy

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jul 17, 2019

Last month, the New York Times published a feature article about GLAAD, the supposed national LGBT media watchdog organization. It began, "GLAAD almost died in 2014."

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jul 17, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Stop the flip-flopping, Kamala

Editorial: Stop the flip-flopping, Kamala

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jul 10, 2019

Last week in this space we praised Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' debate performance for confronting former Vice President Joe Biden on his opposition to federally mandated busing to desegregate public schools. Biden was flummoxed.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jul 10, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Harris throws a punch — and lands it

Editorial: Harris throws a punch — and lands it

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jul 2, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden's performance in the first Democratic presidential primary debates punctured his aura of an inevitable frontrunner and sowed doubts among primary voters and pundits.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jul 2, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jun 26, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Cities fly their Pride

Editorial: Cities fly their Pride

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 26, 2019

This June numerous cities around the Bay Area displayed their Pride.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jun 26, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Communication breakdown harms community

Editorial: Communication breakdown harms community

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 19, 2019

The recent Oakland City Council budget meeting seems to have resolved little in terms of restoring funding to LGBTQ organizations.

Editorial cartoon

Editorial cartoon

  • by Paul Berge
  • Jun 19, 2019

This week's editorial cartoon.

Editorial: Police and Pride

Editorial: Police and Pride

  • by BAR Editorial Board
  • Jun 12, 2019

Until recently, LGBT Americans regularly suffered harassment, abuse, and worse at the hands of law enforcement, an oppression justified by religion and criminalized by the government.