It was the nation’s second president, John Adams, who said, “We are a nation of laws, not of men.” It is one of the lights that guides this experiment of democracy we’re all engaged in and what holds us together as a society. After all, it’s laws that hold that your inalienable right to swing […]
Jennifer Fumiko Cahill and Thadeus Greenson
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Each Other
“Honestly, that’s what we’ve got. We’ve got each other.” David Cobb was talking to the Journal about Cooperation Humboldt, the nonprofit he co-founded, and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s true of all of us. In ways that have never been so plain, community resilience is vital. And it will likely be further […]
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The Time is Now
On this very page, we closed 2018 by noting it would be remembered as the year it became increasingly clear the president of the United States “repeatedly puts personal gain over all else, the rule of law be damned.” As 2019 comes to a close, we’ve seen more than enough to take that a step […]
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Protect Tsakiyuwit, Deny Terra-Gen’s Wind Farm
Long before there was a company named Terra-Gen, an electrical grid or climate crisis threatening the planet, the Humboldt Bay region was inhabited by Wiyot people — as many as 3,000 of them, by some estimates — who lived in some 20 villages scattered around the bay. It’s where their ancestors lived, and their ancestors’ […]
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#ThisIsAbsolutelyUs
It was with a deepening sense of horror that we watched the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, unfold last weekend, giving generations-old images of hate and violence new 21st century life. The torches. The robes. The Confederate and Nazi flags. The eyes filled with hate and the tongues spitting bigotry. Billy clubs, helmets and shields. Premeditated […]