Editorials

The Tomato Soups of Andalusia

In the same way that locals prefer to drink Tinto de Verano, while the tourists drink their overpriced sangria, salmorejo…

1 year ago

Rhyming With Hitler’s Germany

His murder was reprehensible. All murders are. But a murdered hatemonger is a hatemonger nonetheless. And that’s who Kirk was:…

1 year ago

How Immigrant Communities Are Reclaiming Media on Their Own Terms

In the face of deportation raids, algorithmic surveillance, and the constant threat of detention, immigrants are doing more than surviving;…

1 year ago

photos from the edge19 – BERKELEY’S STUDENT AND WORKING CLASS HISTORY

But Berkeley also has a working class history that is much less discussed. In the years after World War 2…

1 year ago

From Iraq to Standing Rock

On July 4, About Face launched their “Right to Refuse Campaign,” an initiative that argues that service members deserve legal…

1 year ago

Letters to the Editor: Plastic Perils and the Court’s Shadow Docket

  Plastic Pollution I just had a pondering, loose thought: When I was growing up, nothing was made of plastic—just…

1 year ago

Balancing Second Chances With Public Safety

In California, we pride ourselves on second chances. Our system of post-release community supervision (PRCS) reflects that value, giving those…

1 year ago

From 9/11 To Trump’s Death Threat To American Democracy

They hijacked public discourse about Islam, first by stoking fears with emotional, attention-grabbing messaging, then by forging ties with established…

1 year ago

Same Script Different Day

Every time the Orange Felon gets caught, it’s the same script: it’s a hoax Russia’s efforts to interfere with the…

1 year ago

From Guernica to Gaza

Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in…

1 year ago