Maybe Not the Batteries
Batteries on the ‘Conception’ might not be the whole story.
Author: Jean Yamamura
Alt-Polling Places
Police stations, banks, and post offices have the capacity to serve as alt-polling places in the days surrounding November’s election.
How Santa Barbara Is Handling the Pandemic
Would that UCSB had such an online course in Instant History.
Stumbling Toward Hope
With Black Lives Matter leading the way, lately we have been stumbling and even marching in the right direction: less violence and more equity.
Defense Attorneys Say Stop Building North County Jail
Our existing jail population plummeted by half, due to COVID, and there has been no spike in crime. We couldn’t ask for better data on what incarcerating far fewer people looks like.
Santa Barbara Reopenings Include Movie Theaters and Macy’s
City to reestablish parking lot fees June 22; Metro 4 and Camino Real are back June 26.
Four More Years of Wrecking Balls?
Democrats, God help us, have answered this historic presidential moment by choosing a frayed flannel bathrobe.
Time to Change the System
Trump is a symptom of a diseased system, not the cause.
Civil Rights and Riots
The two most important civil rights laws of the 20th century, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, were the fruits of a transformative movement led by MLK that was disciplined and scrupulously non-violent.
How to Be the Change
The murder of George Floyd confirms the first thing my dad taught me when I was a boy: “The police kill,” and that’s the fear people of color live with on a daily basis.
