Open Letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick

August 17, 2016

The Post News Group Dear Mr. Kalanick, When President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Jan. 12, he said, “Today, technology doesn’t just replace jobs on the assembly line, but any job where work can be automated.…
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Dear Arianna, Help Save Our City from Uber

August 16, 2016

The Huffington Post By Orson Aguilar Uber is coming to my hometown of Oakland. Will the change this ride-hailing giant brings be good for our town, or a disaster? As Uber prepares to take over a former Sears department store…
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Uber Should Help Address Issues Facing Oakland

July 20, 2016

The Post News Group By Orson Aguilar Uber is a disruptive force and Oakland is a disruptive city, but for innovation to occur, disruption must be coupled with new and better ways to address the needs of current Oakland residents.…
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Financial Regulators Should Look Like America

July 11, 2016

American Banker By Danielle Beavers and Orson Aguilar The agencies that regulate our nation’s financial institutions have a diversity problem. Our latest analysis of the agencies shows they need to get serious about fixing it. For too long, diversity has…
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Sandoval Brings Trust, Integrity to PUC Work

July 7, 2016

Mercury News By Paul Goodman Sandoval brings trust, integrity to PUC work The Mercury News (“To restore trust, change PUC culture,” Editorial, July 1) claims that California Public Utilities Commissioner Catherine Sandoval is not working in the public interest. Nothing…
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Legal Pot Should Entail Racial Fairness

June 30, 2016

By Orson Aguilar Slowly but surely, marijuana prohibition is ending. Legalization can help undo the racist impact of the war on this widely used drug — but it could also help perpetuate injustice. Four states and the District of Columbia…
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How Does America Break its Obsession with Hatred and Guns?

June 16, 2016

The Huffington Post Orson Aguilar The country we live in today is divided by wealth, race, religion, party, and political ideology. Few countries are as big and as diverse as the U.S., yet we live in a nation that is…
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What’s ‘Waste’ to the Oil Lobby

June 6, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle By Alvaro Sanchez and Bill Magavern Big Oil must love income inequality and our country’s shocking racial wealth gap. The industry’s latest campaign aims to perpetuate these injustices while attacking California’s efforts against climate change. The Western…
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“Too Big to Fail” Also Applies to Health Care

June 1, 2016

Huffington Post By Orson Aguilar We hear a lot about “too-big-to-fail” banks, and rightly so. It’s time to bring that same discussion to health insurance. Most Americans first learned about too-big-to-fail when financial industry recklessness crashed our economy, causing an…
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A Welcome Focus on Racial Justice

May 11, 2016

Lancaster Online By Orson Aguilar The 2016 presidential campaign is proving historic in many ways both good and bad. Among the good: the amount of attention being paid to the issue of racial justice. This didn’t occur spontaneously, of course.…
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