Opinion

Never Let Anyone Tell You This Is a Radical Idea

The tragic reality is that in the richest country in the history of the world, too many of our young…

2 years ago

Ports of LA, Long Beach Need to Stop Kicking the Can Down the Road on Port Pollution

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) found that fossil fuel pollution from 2021 cargo ship congestion at San Pedro ports…

2 years ago

Navigating the News Void: From News Deserts to Revitalization

By exploring how journalism is increasingly absent from many Americans’ lives, we can identify false paths and promising routes to…

2 years ago

The Killing Must Stop

By Diane Middleton War in the Middle East demands our response. As Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said:  "We grieve the Israeli…

2 years ago

The Rising Political Battle Over Censorship:

Our response to this challenge must be resolute and unwavering. Let our rallying cry be clear: censorship has no place…

2 years ago

Americans, Stand With the UAW and Me and Fight Out-of-Control Corporate Greed

In other words, despite a massive increase in worker productivity in the automobile industry and every other sector of our…

2 years ago

Water Rights Reform Is a Century Overdue

The Mountain Counties Water Resources Association Op-Ed (Daily Breeze, July 16, 2023), claims changes in California’s water rights system embodied…

2 years ago

Climate change is a threat to the planet: We must address it

Obviously, climate change is not real. I’ve heard, you’ve heard, "expert" after "expert" telling us for years how climate change…

2 years ago

Mandatory Media Literacy Education Could Be Coming to California Schools Soon

A critical news literacy education should be administered by well-trained educators whose goal is to teach students how to think,…

2 years ago

Grace and Understanding After Juneteenth

The sun sets a few minutes after 8 p.m. on June 18. I believe there was enough space for community…

2 years ago