Letters

An Open Letter to Joe Biden

By Michael Moore, Michael Moore’s Facebook Page 11 November 20 ear President-Elect Biden: First of all, congratulations! YOU did it. WE did it! You stopped the madness. A grateful nation – and myself – are […]

Editorial

Turning the page

Bruce Giudici The elections are over, so the work begins. In this month of thanksgiving, we must be thankful that, for those of us who survived the past 4 years, we have the opportunity to […]

Editorial

Propositions: progressive choices

Bruce Giudici Prop 14 – Funds stem cell research – YES Prop 15 – Corporations pay more property taxes, losing Prop 13 exemptions. Income transfer to schools – YES Prop 16 – Restores affirmative action […]

Democracy

Propositions aplenty: enjoy!

The following analysis comes courtesy of CalMatters, www.calmatters.org. Ben Christopher After a bit of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the list of propositions that California voters will be asked to weigh in on has been finalized.  They […]

Human rights

Amnesty maps US police violence against BLM protesters

An extensive new reporthttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/usa-unlawful-use-of-force-by-police-at-black-lives-matter-protests/released Tuesday morning by human rights group Amnesty Internationalfinds that between May 26 and June 5, local, state, and federal lawenforcement officials in 40 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. committedmore than 125 […]