The Mercury News - Opinion
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Lanzas: Prop. 40 is the key to preserving health care access and saving lives2 days ago
Endorsement: Ben Allen is the pragmatic leader California's insurance crisis demands2 days ago
Roberts: Prop. 43 places insurmountable roadblocks to citizen-led community solutions2 days ago
Letters: Berkeley should honor its history of compassion for vulnerable2 days ago
Letters: Scare tactics aren't enough to justify new transit tax2 days ago
Endorsement: Elect Fiona Ma California's lieutenant governor3 days ago
Glazer: As BART warned of financial doom, it ramped up spending, refused to right-size agency3 days ago
Schaaf: Prop. 37 makes homeownership a reality3 days ago
In their words: Fiona Ma v. Gloria Romero. We asked. They answered.2 days ago
Opinion: A Paramount-Warner merger will hurt Hollywood and people of color3 days ago
Skelton: Three ballot measures on housing, medical research but only one no-brainer3 days ago
Letters: Op-ed ignores measures' effect on Prop. 403 days ago
Letters: The US can choose to end poverty here3 days ago
Mackenzie: Silicon Valley, we need to talk about the land we still have left4 days ago
Opinion: Health care is more badly broken than political leaders admit4 days ago
Florez: Stop corporate data centers from jacking up electric bills for everyday Californians5 days ago
Granderson: The cruel politics that pit struggling Americans against each other5 days ago
Opinion: AI models are the good, the bad and the ugly, all at once5 days ago
Calmes: Trump loves to throw around taxpayers' money6 days ago
Opinion: Raise taxes on billionaires federally, not state by state6 days ago
Barabak: As Newsom winds down in California, things heat up in Nevada6 days ago
Jarvis: Health care costs have small businesses in an impossible bind9 days ago
Leubsdorf: The unreality of the Republican midterm convention9 days ago
Mukunda: The US-Canada rupture is a lesson in declining leadership9 days ago
Will AI kill us all in 10 years? Probably not.3 days ago
Goldman: Meta's $5 billion deal with the state AGs to take down its rivals10 days ago
Walters: Sacramento Bee slashes staff as Gov. Newsom weighs state aid for news outlets10 days ago
DePetris: The Trump administration is claiming success in drug strikes. Not so fast.10 days ago
Schrager: College costs are due for a correction, not a crash10 days ago
Barabak: California's recall system is a mess. Voters can do something about it.11 days ago
Westly: Vote 'yes' on Prop. 41 to ensure real accountability for every tax dollar spent11 days ago
Shackelford: Nepal's disaster is today's terrifying climate change reality11 days ago
Letters: Yes on Prop. 43 is a vote in favor of accountability11 days ago
Letters: Nuclear power is a more reliable option than solar11 days ago
Opinion: California can't fix housing affordability until it fixes algorithmic collusion12 days ago
Skelton: Wildfire bill flameout sad for California12 days ago
Texas is red, California blue — but for how much longer? A Lone Star toss-up will tell.12 days ago
House: Silicon Valley owes America more than its weapons13 days ago
Millions face court alone. California can change that.13 days ago
Corporations with big pay disparities have been silent as ICE detains their workers13 days ago
Capitolo: Vote 'yes.' Prop. 45 changes construction timelines, not our standards16 days ago
Grimes: Vote 'no.' Prop. 45 isn't pro-affordability. It's a ruse handing shortcuts to polluters disguised as relief.16 days ago
Letters: Without accountability, transit tax is another empty promise16 days ago
Letters: The ultra-rich are driving state's affordability crisis16 days ago
Ellenberg: Vote 'no.' Prop. 43 gives 34% of voters the power to defeat 66%.16 days ago
Opinion: Sept. 11 hasn't yet found its meaning17 days ago
Opinion: Newsom should sign legislation bolstering newsrooms — and democracy17 days ago
Stephens: 25 years after 9/11, life has proved stronger than death17 days ago
Hiltzik: Medicare for All is back on the political front burner. A Democratic majority could pass it.18 days ago
Opinion: At $40 trillion in debt, Washington is stealing from younger generations18 days ago
Abcarian: Women can thank Gloria Steinem for so much we take for granted now18 days ago
Letters: Alameda County sheriff falls short on Flock transparency18 days ago
Letters: The question we should ask is, 'Why so few affordable homes?'18 days ago
Taves: California's Legislature just took on monopolies. Your turn, Gov. Newsom. Sign the COMPETE Act.18 days ago
Opinion: Voters, beware. California governors can do (almost) anything. Choose wisely.19 days ago
California's political hopefuls remain silent on state's job losses, unemployment19 days ago
Granderson: Michigan race tests whether voters care more about issues or identity19 days ago
Letters: Reject Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' hypocrisy, vote against Prop. 4319 days ago
Letters: Cal and Stanford should quit the college football circus19 days ago
Opinion: Online or in our neighborhoods. Hatred has no place in Silicon Valley.20 days ago
Rubin: Trump has started a dumb trade war with Canada that threatens US jobs and security20 days ago
Opinion: What 'affordability' really means to working-class voters20 days ago
Opinion: Of course Flock cameras are being attacked. Congress has failed to regulate them.23 days ago
DePetris: Six months of war with Iran, and what exactly have we achieved?23 days ago
Letters: Aisha Wahab's swearing-in is a reason to celebrate23 days ago
Schaaf: Vote 'yes' on Regional Transit Measure. We can't afford to let Bay Area transit collapse.24 days ago
Joffe: Vote 'no' on Regional Transit Measure. It will burden Bay Area's poorest and isn't needed to 'save transit.'24 days ago
Opinion: A stronger Oakland starts with stable housing that supports stronger families24 days ago
Chabria: Sheriff Chad Bianco can't catch a break. That's a good thing.24 days ago
California's fight against Trump's unhinged war on voting by mail24 days ago
The 'war on fraud' is targeting the wrong crimes25 days ago
Opinion: Prop. 43 closes a loophole that's draining California taxpayers dry25 days ago
Forget about COVID-19's origins. Focus on preventing the next pandemic25 days ago
Opinion: Your 'kids, students and neighbors' are powering the AI boom for low wages and no safety net25 days ago
Klas: A voter enthusiasm gap is steering the midterms26 days ago
Opinion: AI is making human connection more valuable than ever26 days ago
Letters: State AGs must ensure that Meta enacts and follows new rules26 days ago
Letters: Courageous cop injured in gunfight deserves highest honor26 days ago
The real reason moderates keep losing to progressives27 days ago
California's political battle over key environmental law brews on two fronts27 days ago
Abcarian: Even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks 'Woke 1' was crazy27 days ago
Jarvis: A cancer vaccine is closer than ever30 days ago
Opinion: How to prevent future US attorneys general from being subservient attack dogs30 days ago
Two good ideas from California Republicans dead on arrival in state's Democratic Legislature30 days ago
Letters: Reject lawsuit targeting Islamic culture30 days ago
Letters: Supreme Court's decision on voting by mail is clearly political30 days ago
Opinion: California's top earners are thriving. Prop. 3 asks them to keep paying their share.30 days ago
Oda: Birthright citizenship is not a wartime exception1 month ago
Calmes: Trump's reputation for corruption is doing Democrats' work for them21 days ago
Opinion: At airports, ICE snatches people who are following the rules1 month ago
Leubsdorf: Democrats show GOP's socialist warnings are misplaced1 month ago
Battenfeld: Is Trump 2.0, burdened by war and defections, winding down?1 month ago
Five California propositions ask the same question: Who should pay billions in taxes?1 month ago
America's digital supremacy depends on our ability to upgrade the power grid — quickly1 month ago
Drucker: Democrats' greatest divide isn't race or money1 month ago
Math's AI crisis has a lesson for the rest of us1 month ago
Letters: State should pass bill to mitigate East Bay coal pollution1 month ago
Letters: SAT won't bar diversity, just students unable to do the work1 month ago
Feldman: Trump's expansion of executive privilege would invite more corruption1 month ago
