Editor: I was very sorry to read about Thad’s departure (“In Gratitude” and “Editorial Changes and a Fond Farewell,” July 3) from the North Coast Journal. He was a joy to work with at the Times-Standard and his work at the Journal has been wonderful and will be missed. I also enjoyed working with Kim […]
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‘Cold Hard Truth’
Editor: As our supervisors develop their five-year economic development strategy and speak of how Humboldt County’s struggles are shared by most of California, let us look at what has happened in California. California public grade school enrollment has declined for the seventh straight year. The number of students from low-income and homeless families has increased. […]
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A Yay and Boo Hiss
Editor: Re: T. Custodio’s June 26 review of Love’s the Best Doctor at Dell’Arte. My two guests and I enjoyed the Sunday, June 30, show in the Rooney Amphitheater. The review had a “sidenote” that rang true for me. With recent local efforts to incorporate the long-ignored original inhabitants of Humboldt County, it was sad […]
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Tips for Celebrating the Fourth of July in 2025
Ambivalence about Independence Day festivities is as old as the holiday itself — bold move declaring all men equal while you’re still running chattel slavery. And genocide. You could say having misgivings amid the parades is traditional. In his 1852 address “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass noted, “The blessings […]
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Editorial Changes and a Fond Farewell
Change is never easy, but sometimes it’s exactly what a newsroom needs to grow, evolve and step into its next chapter. That time is now for the North Coast Journal. We’re both proud and a little heartbroken to announce that our esteemed news editor Thadeus Greenson is leaving his post to join the nonprofit First […]
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In Gratitude
This is the 600th edition of the North Coast Journal that I’ve had some hand in publishing as the newspaper’s news editor. It will also be the last. For more than a decade, just about every Tuesday of my life has been consumed with finishing up the week’s paper. It’s been a regular ritual, the […]
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Let them Eat Nothing
Editor: Political commentator Katie Phang got it right when she characterized Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill as the “Bless the Billionaires Bill” (Mailbox, June 19). It takes necessary support away from the less fortunate to free up dollars for the rich who don’t need them. Sherman Schapiro, Eureka Related Stories
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‘For-profit Siloing of Information’
Editor: Sheila Evans’ letter (Mailbox, June 26) mentions outcryai.com, which she describes as a “positive” use of AI. The site is an abusive exploitation of people’s tendency to think that if AI says it, it must be the truth. It presents the point of view of its developers, rather than an “old-fashioned” attempt to get at the […]
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AI for Social Justice
Dear Editor: Collin Yeo’s most excellently written “Computer World” (June 19) damnation of AI resonated with me. I had a very similar, but not as well worded, email discussion on the topic this past week. My correspondent replied with an option that has altered my perspective: His friend’s son, a longtime activist/co-founder of Occupy Wallstreet, […]
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Walkies Only
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring ableism and the rhetoric that sustains it. In the fall of 2015, I had no idea what I was walking into. My wife and I had agreed to a huge gamble. We gave up job security, a considerable chunk of our first ever consistent […]
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‘Prioritizing Public Safety’
Editor: My compliments to the Eureka Police Department (EPD) for doing a stellar job prioritizing public safety at the No Kings rally on Saturday. I was positioned at the curb on the east side Fifth Street between J and K streets. An EPD officer was parked in the alley across the street from us keeping […]
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‘A Promise’
Editor: I worked for nearly 60 years and depend on Social Security. This isn’t a handout — it’s a promise that millions of us older Americans have paid into with every paycheck and have earned. This administration is dismantling an essential program, closing offices, cutting hotlines and spreading misinformation to justify these attacks. As an elder […]