I’ve never seen anything like it – a dangerous 1/2-acre park in one of the Bay Area’s most dangerous neighborhoods – the Iron Triangle in Richmond – turned into a thriving, beautiful oasis for the neighborhood’s children and families, who need the respite and the exercise. Here is a write up on it, below, with…

Here are the questions nearly 5,000 African American and Caribbean adults were asked: “How often do you receive poorer service than others at restaurants or stores?” (disrespectful discrimination); “How often do people act as if they’re better than you are” (condescending discrimination; “How often are you viewed as dishonest?” (character-based discrimination) and; “How often are…

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation just released an excellent report on obesity rates in the United States. While adult obesity rates increased in six states, that’s a slower climb than in the past, when almost all states showed increases. And rates are leveling off for children, thankfully. Surprisingly, at least to me, California has the…