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Biden’s Unhinged Call for Regime Change in Russia

Activists have a special role to play — by emphatically insisting that members of Congress and the Biden administration must…

4 years ago

Putin’s massive miscalculation: Echoes of George W. Bush — and a lesson for America’s elites

In personalist authoritarian regimes — where power is concentrated in the hands of an individual rather than shared by a…

4 years ago

Photographs Of Portsmouth Square – A Tribute To Paul Strand

Strand was one of the founders of modernism in photography – the idea that photographs had to be connected with…

4 years ago

Trump Engaged In Criminal Conspiracy Argues Jan. 6 Committee, Former Chapman University Professor Implicated

On March 2, the Jan. 6 Committee alleged that former President Donald Trump and his allies may have engaged in…

4 years ago

Green Way to Dispose of Entertainment Media

Video/audio tapes (and their housing) are made of plastic—including non-recyclable plastic — and metals, including toxic metals, so if you…

4 years ago

Bay Area Calls For Peace In The Ukraine And Yemen

Protesters call for Peace in San Francisco and Oakland.

4 years ago

Living in Two Parallel Universes

The Port of LA Leadership versus Residents Exposed to Port Pollution By Andrea Hricko and Janet Gunter During the pandemic,…

4 years ago

A Pandemic Report — POLA Leadership versus Residents Exposed to Pollution

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, port leaders and community residents have been living in two parallel universes, described in a document…

4 years ago

Seven Years Later— A Progress Report: Eliminating The MHF Refinery Threat

The seventh anniversary of the explosion at the Torrance Refinery was marked by a burst of activity aimed at finally…

4 years ago

Congress Members, Supervisors Urge End To Hydrofluoric Acid In Refineries

Four local congress members have sent a letter to EPA administrator Michael Regan in support of the Torrance Refinery Action…

4 years ago