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Marching for Women’s Reproductive Rights
Just a few weeks ago, on Sept. 1, Texas implemented one of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Women are only allowed abortions before a pregnancy hits the six-week mark. By this time, health [...] Continue Reading
Latino Essential Workers on Covid and Vaccines
By Jim Mendez Background As a retired Latino physician in California, I have been troubled about the severe, negative impact Covid-19 has had on the health of Latinos.3,4,8 Based on April 1, [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The Recall Failed: Now What? The “recall Newsom” vote of Sept, 14 failed drastically. “No” won by a big margin, about 62% versus 38%. Curiously, some counties considered conservative voted to keep [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
(Editor’s note: The letters below are in response to “Fourth Grade Student with a History Lesson Confronts School District,” which appeared in the September 2021 issue of the Community Alliance [...] Continue Reading
Another Look at the Afghanistan Problem
By Norman M. Lambert Since the beginning of the airlift of people out of Kabul, there has been a good deal of criticism of President Biden’s handling of the affair. What no one seems to be [...] Continue Reading
What did the United States leave behind in Afghanistan?
By Homer Gee Greene Jr. The United States has exited the long 20-year war with Afghanistan and the Taliban. Over these 20 years, the United States has trained and equipped the Afghan national [...] Continue Reading
Pandemic Continues to Take Major Toll Despite Effective Vaccines
By Sunita Sohrabji The Covid-19 pandemic is continuing to take a major toll, despite the availability of proven mitigation measures and effective vaccines, said four subject matter experts from the [...] Continue Reading