Articles Posted by Adriel Hampton

Adriel Hampton is a writer, investigator, strategic consultant and mindfulness practitioner. He runs The Adriel Hampton Group Ltd. in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and was a founding member of NationBuilder. Adriel is founder emeritus of SF Tech Dems and a board member at Legination Inc. Before joining NationBuilder, Adriel worked for SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera, and for the SF Examiner, Hayward Daily Review and Lodi News-Sentinel. He also founded SF City Camp and Gov 2.0 Radio, and, in 2009, ran for Congress in the East Bay.

  • Government 2.0: A Meme Moves Mainstream

    Government 2.0: A Meme Moves Mainstream

    by Adriel Hampton on Sep 08, 2009 | No Comments

    Gov 2.0 Radio host Adriel Hampton answers the question ‘What does Gov 2.0 mean to you?’ By Adriel Hampton September 9, 2009 Re-imagining government got a little easier with the election of President Barack Obama…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Repeal Taft-Hartley

    by Adriel Hampton on Jul 05, 2009 | 3 Comments

    By Adriel Hampton July 5, 2009 Alongside my intense aversion to empire-building wars, the primary reason I am running for Congress is to ensure that California’s District 10 has a clear and strong voice for…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Iran’s Lesson to U.S: Wake Up, Democracy

    by Adriel Hampton on Jun 15, 2009 | 2 Comments

    By Adriel Hampton June 15, 2009 Many of the readers here have no doubt participated in political activism, protest and dissent. For those of us who marched against the U.S.’ heinous Iraq war, we remember…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Sotomayor: Do Not Give an Inch

    by Adriel Hampton on Jun 08, 2009 | 6 Comments

    Strong progressive support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, is a chance to further marginalize prejudiced and pro-corporate elements in the Republican Party. Photo: Larry Downing By Adriel Hampton June 8, 2009…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Cut the Health Care Middlemen

    Cut the Health Care Middlemen

    by Adriel Hampton on Jun 01, 2009 | 4 Comments

    Thirty-one percent of every health care dollar spent in the US is profit for the private health insurance middlemen who deny coverage to anyone who may actually need health care!  Result: 46 million Americans do…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Honoring the Fallen by Fighting for the Future

    by Adriel Hampton on May 25, 2009 | 5 Comments

    Tenth Congressional District candidate Adriel Hampton with his first son, aged 4, at the Lafayette Hillside Memorial on Memorial Day. Photo by Jeremy Maurer By Adriel Hampton May 25, 2009 Remarks for the Memorial Day…

    Posted in Opinion

  • Can Web 2.0 Help End the Drug War?

    Can Web 2.0 Help End the Drug War?

    by Adriel Hampton on May 18, 2009 | 4 Comments

    By Adriel Hampton May 18, 2009 The rise of Web 2.0, a loosely defined collection of collaborative and social sharing technologies, seems to have the potential for radically changing our democracy. As broadband Internet becomes…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics