Opinion

Biden’s Revenge: Fueling ‘Madness of Militarism’ in Afghanistan

Joe Biden provided a stirring soundbite days ago when he spoke from the White House just after suicide bombers killed…

4 years ago

Life After Mother — Danger to Yourself and Others

My mother never accepted, after her stroke in 2017 and a diagnosis of dementia (which she never accepted, either), that…

4 years ago

Bernie Sanders: How to raise trillions without hiking taxes on working Americans

Finally, if we are going to be able to compete in a global economy, we need to have the best…

4 years ago

Sunken City: Exotic, Tourist Draw, Nightmare for Local Residents

By June Burlingame Smith, Contributor In the past, Sunken City was a fun, if challenging, place to hike down to…

4 years ago

Life After Mother — No Will, No Way

My mother and father both made what they considered wills and no one could tell them otherwise. What they did…

5 years ago

Sorry, USC, My Mother Two-Timed You

My mother willed her body to medicine — twice — first to University of Southern California’s School of Medicine. Apparently…

5 years ago

Life after Mother

A new monthly column explores navigating probate and estate issues from personal experience My mother left me utterly alone with…

5 years ago

Businesses Demonstrating that a Safe Reopening is Achievable

This has been a challenging year for communities across California as we work to navigate the virtually unprecedented nature of…

5 years ago

Prop. 15 Invests in the State’s Workforce via Community Colleges

By Linda Wah and Uduak-Joe Ntuk California’s community colleges are among our state’s most important public resources, providing higher education…

5 years ago

Yes on 16!

African American Californians... residents from other underrepresented communities... women... and true advocates of equity, justice, civil rights and human rights…

5 years ago