Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We went to Oakland, California to learn why it has become one of the most crime-ridden cities in America. In East Oakland, the street corners were alive with energy; and just blocks away, sprawling homeless encampments told a story of past political policies.

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0:00 Intro
1:00 History of Oakland
1:52 One of Most Dangerous Cities?
2:19 Oakland Sports and Businesses Leaving
3:00 East Oakland
4:04 Car Robbery Demonstration
6:16 “The Houses Aren’t That Bad”
7:07 Oakland Politics
7:38 The Man Who Recalled Oakland’s Mayor
10:19 Oakland’s Homeless Encampments
11:48 Off the Main Strip
16:17 How to Not Get Robbed in Oakland
17:48 6 Baby Mommas
18:51 The Black Panthers
19:31 Hella Good Eats

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