California
Health care, housing, education top California’s legislative agenda
January 14, 2016Gov. Brown is calling for "significant increases" for education, health care, environment, and infrastructure spending in the $123 billion 2016-17 general fund.
Read moreAll eyes are on Paris
December 1, 2015We recently attended the NorCal climate march in Oakland, where we asked those who attended why the issue of climate change is so important and what needed to be done.
Read moreNative student challenges California professor who denies genocide
November 4, 2015In 1852 the California legislature paid $1.1 million to citizen militias to hunt and kill Native Americans.
Read moreThe Panoche Hills: the strange sere bones of an ancient landscape
October 13, 2015A reflection on the dry landscape and living history of the Panoche Hills: It is austere, it is dry, it is dramatically beautiful.
Read moreBirthday PIE for Medicare: celebrations urge expanding it for all
July 31, 2015"Because of Medicare, our seniors have access to health care, they're living longer lives, decent lives. That's something worth fighting for!"
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