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07 Sep 2023

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide

In a groundbreaking decision, Mexico’s Supreme Court has overturned all federal criminal penalties for abortion, declaring that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and infringe upon women’s rights. This sweeping ruling aligns with the growing trend in Latin America to expand access to abortion services. The high court has

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29 May 2019

Oakland Moves Toward Deprioritizing MUSHROOMS!!!

UPDATE: Oakland has now officially decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms. They are the second city in the US to do so. The city of Oakland moved one step closer to deprioritizing arrest and prosecution of adults who use entheogenic plants. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Oakland’s Public Safety Committee adopted a resolution

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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30 Jan 2018

The Reason There Are Honey Bears All Over the SOMA

You may have noticed walking to work this week that there are hundreds of honey bears hung on lampposts throughout the SOMA district of San Francisco. What are they doing there?  They’re a mixture of guerrilla marketing, street art, and social subversion.  The artist and his gang of conspirators didn’t

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