By Vic Bedoian A voluntary buyout offer to 450 employees of the McClatchy newspaper chain was announced recently. Almost half of them took that offer. Not all were journalists or editors, but many [...] Continue Reading
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Cuban Constitution Project and Gay Marriage
By Leni Villagomez Reeves More than 40 years after the most recent version of the Cuban constitution was written and almost unanimously approved by referendum, Cubans are presently working on a [...] Continue Reading
The Gang That Cannot Shoot Straight Strikes (Out) Again on International Trade
By Daniel Garst “It doesn’t seem like anything was actually agreed to at the dinner and White House officials are twisting themselves into pretzels to reconcile Trump’s tweets (which seem, if not [...] Continue Reading
The Gang That Cannot Shoot Straight Strikes (Out) Again on International Trade
By Daniel Garst “It doesn’t seem like anything was actually agreed to at the dinner and White House officials are twisting themselves into pretzels to reconcile Trump’s tweets (which seem, if not [...] Continue Reading
America’s Climate Solution
By Andrea Farber De Zubiria Monster storms and raging wildfires, toxic air, rising seas and melting permafrost. All over the world, climate change is causing scary stuff. In the Central Valley, the [...] Continue Reading
America’s Climate Solution
By Andrea Farber De Zubiria Monster storms and raging wildfires, toxic air, rising seas and melting permafrost. All over the world, climate change is causing scary stuff. In the Central Valley, the [...] Continue Reading
Say Her Name: Jakelin Caal Maquin
By Stan Santos For a few days in December 2018, the newsgroups announced again and again variations of the lead “Migrant child dies in custody,” “7-year-old migrant girl” or, simply, “Guatemalan [...] Continue Reading
Say Her Name: Jakelin Caal Maquin
By Stan Santos For a few days in December 2018, the newsgroups announced again and again variations of the lead “Migrant child dies in custody,” “7-year-old migrant girl” or, simply, “Guatemalan [...] Continue Reading
In the Normal Course of Events
By Ruth Gadebusch Following the Democratic success in the 2018 election, I expressed hope that the newfound power would be used wisely. At the moment I have some doubts, most especially in the [...] Continue Reading
In the Normal Course of Events
By Ruth Gadebusch Following the Democratic success in the 2018 election, I expressed hope that the newfound power would be used wisely. At the moment I have some doubts, most especially in the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Responds to War and Famine in Yemen
By Camille Russell Local Response More than 75 people in Fresno fasted during December to bring attention to the famine and humanitarian crisis facing people in Yemen due to war. Yemeni children [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Responds to War and Famine in Yemen
By Camille Russell Local Response More than 75 people in Fresno fasted during December to bring attention to the famine and humanitarian crisis facing people in Yemen due to war. Yemeni children [...] Continue Reading