Stories by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor is a journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A controversial plan to deter prostitution in an urban neighborhood never quite measured up to its hype.
Posted on Jan 18, 2006
Murtha's success in speaking out presumes that only someone who has fought in a war can speak out against war.
Posted on Nov 30, 2005
His special election may have been a bad idea, but what really did Schwarzenegger in was time; both too much of it, and too little.
Posted on Nov 11, 2005
The civil rights icon resisted her own deification and tried to tell the truth about what really happened in the months leading up to 1955's Montgomery bus boycott.
Posted on Nov 2, 2005
Both 'racist' and 'racism' are terribly flawed terms; we ought to simply throw them out and start all over again with new ones.
Posted on Oct 10, 2005
Some school districts are challenging the federal guidelines for No Child Left Behind's military recruitment provision, facing withdrawal of funding over privacy infringement.
Posted on May 16, 2005
Watching 'Ray,' white America sees a biopic of a legendary performer. Black America sees a film that speaks intimately to a cultural zeitgeist. What does it mean for 'Ray' to succeed – or fail – in the Oscar race?
Posted on Feb 25, 2005
Berkeley's medical marijuana initiative lost by the slimmest of margins in November; supporters say the recount uncovered hundreds of uncounted votes.
Posted on Jan 24, 2005
In the full court press to place blame for the Pacers-Pistons brawl, Ron Artest is sacrificed. But who, really, is at fault?
Posted on Dec 1, 2004
The political actions of Protestant black and evangelical pastors and those of Catholic bishops are not the same.
Posted on Nov 1, 2004
If we're having no trouble bringing enough needed new troops into the military, why is the Pentagon forcing soldiers to stay past their contracted terms, leaving us with a battlefield potentially sprinkled with demoralized and disgruntled fighters?
Posted on Oct 11, 2004
Senator Kerry and his advisors have so far flubbed the explanation of his two key Iraqi war votes in a way that has put them on the defensive when they need not be.
Posted on Aug 21, 2004
Arnold Schwarzenegger – who campaigned as a movie action figure hero who would protect California taxpayers against corruption and greed – is conspicuously silent on the Enron scandals.
Posted on Jul 14, 2004
If, as Bush says, the Abu Ghraib torture 'does not represent the America that I know,' then he should look a little closer at his America.
Posted on May 11, 2004
The beating death of Nathaniel Jones has widened the rift between police and the African-American community. Yet it could also be the beginning of a solution to some enormous national problems.
Posted on Dec 16, 2003
Did California's governor-elect assault 15 women, and if he did, do we think that's okay?
Posted on Oct 22, 2003
