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Fisheries Meeting Aims to Ensure Enough West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas
Lawsuit Prompts Consultation to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales...
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2019 3:12pm PDT
Calmly Fighting for a Nonviolent Future
In reviewing nonviolent movements across history, our group realized that practicing non violence can manifest in a many diverse ways. Through our research we came to understand that “nonviolence” is essentially a way of life, as opposed to existing only in single instances or short-lived movements. We will briefly introduce some of the non violent practices currently occurring in Sonoma County, illuminate what motivates these individuals to follow a nonviolent way of life, as well as explore...
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2019 3:44pm PDT
A Violent Element
An op-ed regarding how lead exposure at a young age can lead to violent tendencies and characteristics....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2019 4:21pm PDT
Caravan Seeks Safety from Murder and Poverty
The caravan is being harassed with tear gas....
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 1:57pm PST
Radio in Petaluma: The “End” of Radio
Our group's findings while investigating Radio listener rates in Petaluma....
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 1:47pm PST
Radio in the Age of the Internet
Is there hope for the radio industry in today's connected world?...
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 1:08pm PST
Keep Them Here: A Brief Discussion of Temporary Protected Status
This is a brief discussion of the situation that TPS recipients are going through....
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2018 1:02pm PST
Senate Hears Bill to Shoot or Evict Native Elk From California National Park
WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 — A Senate subcommittee Wednesday will consider legislation to allow native tule elk to be shot or removed from California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, the only national park where these elk exist....
Posted: Tue, Dec 11, 2018 4:36pm PST
Homeless Shelter Crisis in Sonoma County
A "homeless shelter crisis" was declared by the city council of Sonoma County in a 5-0 vote. Mental illness is another issue that needs to be addressed in the homeless community on top of funding for homeless shelters....
Posted: Mon, Dec 10, 2018 12:22pm PST
Are Social Justice discussions taboo to the majority?
Outside of the professors at Sonoma State University that teach Sociology, it has become evident that the majority of all other professors of different majors do not like to have direct, personal conversations about Social Justice issues. Is this the norm for the population outside of a University campus, and if so- we must ask our community, why?...
Posted: Sun, Dec 2, 2018 9:08pm PST
Bay Area & Statewide Green Party Election Recommendations
Below are recommendations from county Green Party groups in Alameda, San Francisco, Solano, and Sonoma counties. The Alameda and San Francisco groups have also written articles about their endorsements (see the links provided below)....
Posted: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 8:09am PDT
California’s Rep. Huffman Joins Anti-Public Lands Zealot to Evict Elk From Point Reyes
Legislation Enshrines Private Cattle Ranching in National Seashore...
Posted: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 11:25am PDT
Rent control campaigns presently in ten California cities
Rent control and just cause eviction protections are the only fair and humane ways to slow down greedy landlords and profiteering realtors from gouging renters with never ending rent increases, unjust evictions, displacing renters from their communities, and adding to the already-dire affordable housing crisis in California!...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2018 11:56pm PDT
Economic Benefits of a Living Wage in the City of Santa Rosa
Amy Badger, Elizabeth Munoz- Martin, Demi Gray, Austin Barcus, Blaze Carter, Brooke Santander, Crystal Mendoza, Sara Gong, Jeffrey Robinson...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2018 1:59pm PDT
HUD’s attack on the poor in the Bay Area must be rejected by Congress
HUD Secretary Ben Carson wants to triple the rents on some tenants, and raise from 30% to 35%, the share of a household’s income that it must pay in rent. Additionally, Secretary Carson wants to add more work requirements on those receiving assistance in HUD’s housing programs!...
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2018 2:55pm PDT
Tobacco: A Thriving Known Killer
The leading cause in preventable death is thriving today. This is how and why the tobacco industry continues to be successful....
Posted: Mon, May 7, 2018 1:39pm PDT
War on Drugs Rips Families Apart
Treating drug addiction as crime rather than as a disease is causing more harm than good....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2018 3:10pm PDT
Disconnect to Reconnect
Our over obsession with technology has disconnected us from our natural world....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2018 3:05pm PDT
Thank You, Anita Hill
Op Ed piece regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and the connection to the #MeToo movement....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2018 8:33am PDT