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Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Thirty-five years ago, at the time of the Gulf War, Daniel Ellsberg wrote in his journal: “There is a time…

1 week ago

Tariff Roll-Back Still Leaves Deep Damage

  Economy Smaller, Refunds In Doubt, Spending Still Paused, International Trust Damaged When the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s most…

2 weeks ago

Peace is War

This is tragically a very Orwellian moment when the man who thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize starts a…

2 weeks ago

Terminal Island Remembers Internment

Terminal Island’s history and the ongoing struggle for immigrant justice are part of the same fight — that was the…

2 weeks ago

Crime Stabilized, Vacancies Persist

Because maintenance is not free. It costs $3.6 million and counting. And in a working waterfront corridor shaped by pandemic…

2 weeks ago

Going to War With Lies

Already, the public isn’t buying. Just one in four Americans say they back U.S. strikes on Iran, according to a…

2 weeks ago

As PBID Renewal Looms, San Pedro Artists Weigh Survival Over Spectacle

Everyone in the room cared deeply about the same thing — bringing people back into galleries, rebuilding energy after COVID,…

2 weeks ago

Gaslighting the Nation

The more desperately the media seeks to maintain ‘balance,’ the more it has to abandon truth. Trump’s gaslighting may be…

3 weeks ago

Frame-Checking “Insurgency” in Minnesota

When property damage or traffic delays are reported more prominently, or exclusively, over deportations, family separations, the expansion of surveillance,…

3 weeks ago

ICE is in Retreat

The current standoff in the US Congress over funding of the Department of Homeland Security is due to these egregious…

4 weeks ago