GELFAND’S WORLD--In the previous column, I invited the gun lobby to tell us just how many deaths by gunshot wound are an acceptable number.
It's Time for the Right Wing to Start Accepting Some Responsibility for their Policies
LOS ANGELES
To Some, Reparations Are Common Sense
HOW MUCH AND TO WHOM?--A House bill to study reparations for slavery, H.R. 40, resurfaced in committee this April and is dusting up old debates about how much is owed, to whom, and who should pay.
If Fukushima’s Water is Safe, Then Drink it!
CLIMATE POLITICS-By now, the world knows all about the decision by Japan to dump tritium-laced radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing
CLIMATE POLITICS-The 21st century serves as an inflection point of acceleration of climate instability caused by human-generated greenhouse gases, as CO2 emissions increase well beyond the rate of the prior century.
Isaac Bryan for the 54th? Progressives be Warned
GUESTWORDS--During this special election block, I have had the opportunity to attend many democratic club and community meetings for endorsement of candidates for the 54th Assembly, and I am perplexed and disappointed in the process to say the least.
COVID-19 Deaths Explode Worldwide ... So When DO We End the Mask Mandates?
THE DOCTOR IS IN--This article isn't so much a series of answers as much as it is a series of questions.
From Minneapolis to Pasadena: A Reckoning on Police Reform
Like many cities around the country, Pasadena is filled with tension over police-community relations.
Daunte Wright’s Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets
POLICING THE POLICE-Three weeks into the Minneapolis trial of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, a white police officer in the neighboring suburb of Brooklyn Center killed a young Black man named Daunte Wright,
Judge David Carter Falls for the Big Lie
VIEW FROM HERE--After reading Judge Carter’s April 20, 2021 Order in LA Alliance for Human Rights v City of Los Angeles, one sees that His Honor has been fed the Big Lie.
Ditch the Draft, Once and for All
PEACE VOICE-It’s outdated. It’s dysfunctional. It’s hated by most of the populace.
The Chauvin Trial is Dangerously Deceptive
CLASS DICTATORSHIP-Since most U.S.-Americans know little about social and political reality beyond their own limited experience and bubbles, powerfully deceptive narratives and images disseminated by the corporate media easily distort public perceptions.
America Go Big Again
A WORD WITH HIGHTOWER--It’s time for America to go back to the future — a future of true greatness created by a people united to build a strong nation for the common good.