Editorials

Are We Still a Nation That Takes Care of Its Own—Or Just a Playground for Billionaires?

When that hospital closes, when seniors can no longer get care, when pregnant women have to drive three hours to…

1 year ago

Why Educators Oppose AB715 by Maya Suzuki Daniels

Silence is not education. Ignoring hard topics won’t help us heal. Education is how we bridge divides. On behalf of…

1 year ago

How to Fight Trump Without Caving to Corporatists

That's where we are right now. So, in partnership with Progressive Democrats of America, RootsAction has launched a petition (which…

1 year ago

Gutting the Weather Watchers: When Tyrants Rewrite the Forecast

Call your representatives. Raise hell. Make noise. And, if we can’t stop them, let’s make sure that when the next…

1 year ago

Letters to the Editor: Memories, Machines and Messages of Peace from Pedro to California

Remembering Eleanor Montano I’m a family friend of Eleanor Montano. I'm speaking on behalf of the Montano family to let…

2 years ago

MAGA Warriors: The Bill is Due

Nevertheless, one has to wonder, are all of you in MAGA truly content with your vote? Is everything Trump and…

2 years ago

American Ideals are Still Radical

  The Orange Felon is trying to reverse the last 100 years of progressive change As national radio commentator Thom…

2 years ago

Marching Backwards? 60 years after Bloody Sunday

The adult congregants, who’d just been beaten and arrested, were in no mood to do it again. But the children…

2 years ago

Why the B-52 Failed to Defeat the Vietnamese

The Christmas bombing of Vietnam was a war crime. No U.S. official was ever tried and punished for it, and…

2 years ago

Tariff Tantrum, Tourism and BS

According to the LA Tourism and Convention Board, the worries are rippling across a local tourism and hospitality industry that…

2 years ago