Businesses are in middle of potential ICE squeeze
The stories began flying last week: Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would raid businesses across California and deport undocumented workers.
As of this newspaper’s press time, the raids had not started, but the specter remains.
Heightened anxiety about federal immigration policies has already intensified...
A Native American Thanksgiving Address
In 1620, a ship carrying European settlers landed off the coast of Massachusetts and started a settlement at an abandoned Native American village of the Wampanoag tribe. Some native people helped them through their first difficult year, Â teaching them how to grow and gather...
The time is ripe for redistricting reform
Retiring state Sen. Bruce McPherson is right: Redistricting is a
Three-ring circus in presidential campaign
Signs of the upcoming elections are everywhere; it would be more






