By Diego San Luis Ortega The Covid-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it. We all fear for the health of our families and anxiously await new information to help us weather this crisis. But [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
The Art of José Elías
By José Elías My name is José Jesús Elías and I was born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Painting has always interested me even though I never had an opportunity to study art in my [...] Continue Reading
The Fight of Your Life, for Your Life
By Jackson Shepherd I have not been a member of Veterans for Peace (VFP) for long. If you had told me that in less than two years that I would be an activist and organizer spending a week lobbying [...] Continue Reading
COVID19, A Game Of Life And Death
By Kayla Moon On February 27th I received an Email from Micah White, one of the co-founders of Occupy Wall Street. I subscribe to his newsletter and this update was particularly interesting and [...] Continue Reading
Oil Industry in Kern County Resists Limitations on Fracking
By Ronald Martin The Kern County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting on Jan. 14 with the staff of a new agency, the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM, which replaces DOGGR, the [...] Continue Reading
Opportunity to Make a Difference
By Ruth Gadebusch Not a day goes by that we don’t hear something about the overwhelming homeless tragedy. However, there is another group not so visible among us. That is the many families who [...] Continue Reading
Latinos, Tiempo de Producir Cambios
Por Francisco Duarte Este año nos llega la oportunidad de lograr cambios políticos muy importantes, tanto en el área local como nacional. En estos cambios necesarios tenemos el poder de [...] Continue Reading