Vietnam

Rep’s. Barragán, Waters Dedicate Compton Post Office to First Black Marine to Win Medal of Honor

In December 2022, President Biden signed into law Congresswoman Barragán’s bill to name the post office after PFC Anderson.

1 year ago

South Pacific Avenue

A Metaphor for Post-industrial America In the boom years of San Pedro, from the tween years of  the two world…

3 years ago

Beyond Vietnam

A prophetic speech still rings true This speech by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was delivered April 4, 1967 at…

4 years ago

Afghanistan — Fall of Saigon Déjà Vu

Will we ever learn the mistakes of empire? Several years ago I was standing in front of the art deco…

4 years ago

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

Gov. Newsom proclaims March 30, 2021, as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day

4 years ago

Hidden in Plain Sight: The “Unimpeachable” Offenses

Unmentioned in the Nixon impeachment articles: the Vietnam War that he had prolonged with a vengeance while claiming to seek…

5 years ago

Ghosts of Vietnam and Memphis

By James Preston Allen, Publisher The era that we have come to know as the ‘60s actually started much earlier…

6 years ago

The Times are Finally a-Changin’:

Obama in Vietnam By James Preston Allen, Publisher “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change…

9 years ago

Slavery on the High Seas

AP Reveals the Human Cost of Cheap Seafood By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor and Christian Guzman, Community Reporter This past…

9 years ago

Allen Ginsberg, in 3-D

[gallery ids="10079,10080,10081,10082,10083,10084,10085,10086,10087"] Long Beach Opera produces an unsettling dark journey into a neon American apocalypse Ivan Adame, Contributing Writer Hydrogen…

10 years ago