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Money is emotional. It carries baggage—shaped by our earliest memories, our missteps and sometimes real trauma. Fear, guilt and shame often shape financial decisions. And financial strain, in turn, can surface as anxiety, stress, even anger. “Playing with...

Jasmine Rashid wants to empower us to redefine wealth as a holistic concept. The Oakland-based author’s resource, The Financial Activist Playbook: 8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth & Collective Well-Being (2024), aims to “beautify the...

One of the best stress-reducers? A few minutes—or hours—out in the natural world. Ann Marie Brown has been writing about hiking for years. And now, with the release of the seventh edition of her classic book, Brown...

There are banks that make profit, and there are banks that work for the community. Fremont Bank and Public Bank East Bay share a common goal of improving the lives of communities in the Bay Area.  Fremont Bank...

I've always disliked the proverb, “Ignorance is bliss.” If only I had the choice, I sometimes grumble to myself. I tend to believe the opposite—that paying attention matters—even if our information-saturated world has lately challenged this notion,...

In the Bay Area, learning opportunities aren’t just confined to a college or high school classroom. Several East Bay organizations offer hands-on classes on niche topics: from stained glass making to urban farming and cooking. The activities...

After waging war on public broadcasting and the arts, the Trump administration threatened last fall to cut federal funding to nine prominent colleges unless they restricted campus speech that opposed conservatives. “Academic freedom is not absolute,” read part of a Compact for...