Anger and forgiveness in our polity
When Russ Feingold and John McCain reached agreement on legislation that helped reform the contamination of special interest money into…
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Proposed cuts to SNAP benefits will hurt CD-1 residents
Early this month, the Trump Administration proposed rule changes through the USDA to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which would…
Read moreSmall businesses help drive our communities
Shopping at a locally-owned and operated business is truly a unique experience. The atmosphere surrounds you as soon as you…
Read more‘Made in California’ is an international enterprise
Alongside traffic and coffee, news radio is a staple of my morning commute. As I flip through the stations, I’ll…
Read moreLittle has changed to prevent our next conflagration
Plumas County did it again! For weeks the county endured the largest fire in the state — even country! Not…
Read moreChild abuse has devastating societal consequences
As the MDIT Coordinator for the Lassen County Mikailia Child Advocacy Center, I hear firsthand accounts of the tragedies children…
Read moreYou may not be allowed to vote for a candidate for president
When you completed your voter registration card did you select “No Party Preference”? If you did, you will not have…
Read moreThe T-Mobile, Sprint merger will benefit rural America
For years, my colleagues and I who represent rural California have fought to bring equal access to technology to our…
Read moreSigns of rural decline in Lassen County — dealing with the source
The “broken windows theory” is a criminological theory that associates signs of community decline with increased vandalism, crime, homelessness, drug…
Read moreListening for immigration at the Democratic debates
If you’ve been repelled by the family separations and other immigration-related cruelties perpetrated by the Trump administration, and if you…
Read moreWe could vote for socialism — Austria did
With all Democratic Party 2020 presidential candidates seemingly embracing socialism, we could vote for socialism — Austria did. In the…
Read moreIt’s up to us to decide the future of hunger
When I was born in 1932, the world had two billion people. Today, the global population has swelled to 7.7…
Read moreWhy the LGBT community should fear socialism
Virtually all of my acquaintances in the LGBT Community are Democrats, but their party leaders have left traditional democratic principles…
Read moreThe Question is this: Can Corporations Become Too Big?
We have watched corporations and famous Americans have ups and downs throughout the years. We’ve all watched as Tiger…
Read moreNinth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Protects Life Again
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 recently lifting injunctions that previously blocked enforcement of the Trump administration’s…
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