We have voted and we have debated. And here we are with 120.5 civilian guns per 100 people and an endless stream of gun violence and school shootings. Gunshot wounds are now the leading cause of child death in the United States. Peaceful marches are powerful and energizing. But even after children who survived the […]
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Can a Conservative Break Through for California Attorney General?
The last time California voters elected a Republican to statewide office, Gavin Newsom was the youthful mayor of San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg had just opened up Facebook to non-college students and Donald Trump was a Democratic celebrity tycoon wrapping up the sixth season of “The Apprentice.” That was 16 years ago. Now Newsom is the […]
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Huffman Blasts Extremist Colleague, Urges ‘Decent People’ to Leave ‘Moral Rot’ of GOP
There’s a growing rift in the Republican party and North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman, never one to be confused for a political wallflower, has joined the fray. Tensions between the GOP establishment and a new wave of politicians who have ridden to prominence on a wave of populism and Trumpism have been growing for years […]
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Huffman Dismisses Colleague’s Viral Gun-toting Capitol Ad as ‘Catnip’ for Donors
North Coast Representative Jared Huffman did not hold back when asked about his new colleague, Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), who on the day she took her oath of office posted a now viral ad vowing to carry her handgun to Congress, telling The Washington Post the ad is “catnip to the gun-hugging donor class.” Boepert, who […]
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31 Points About Mass Shootings
We were at a loss for words. Two shootings — in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio — in less than 24 hours. Thirty-one dead. Fifty-one injured. As information trickled in, the pit in our stomachs grew. A hate-filled manifesto indicating the El Paso killer had targeted Mexicans. Reports that the Dayton killer had been […]
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How California Got Tough on Guns
The modern American gun debate began on May 2, 1967, when 30 protesting members of the Black Panther Party marched into the California Capitol with loaded handguns, shotguns and rifles. As photos of gun-toting radicals from Oakland hit front pages across the country, many Americans were shocked to see who was embracing the Second Amendment. […]
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Gun Forum Shows Left and Right Can Talk Peacefully
When the young female gun control activist started talking earnestly with the burly firearms pro — a man who had earlier proclaimed that many gun laws don’t make sense — I knew that we had succeeded in creating a respectful, constructive dialogue about this intensely polarizing topic. Around the room at Eureka’s Wharfinger Building, a […]
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Hundreds Join Arcata March for Our Lives
Hundreds of people — young and old — took to the streets of Arcata yesterday as a part of the nationwide March for Our Lives event to demand gun control and school safety measures. The local march — which drew as many as 1,000 people by some estimates — was organized by students at Arcata […]
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High School Students Set to March for Their Lives
Local high school students and supporters will take to the streets of Arcata tomorrow, joining a national March for Our Lives event planned by students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Planned by students at Arcata and North Coast Preparatory Academy, the local march will begin at noon at the Arcata Playhouse, […]
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Walking Out and Speaking Up
It happened again. While working on this issue focused on student responses to school shootings, there was another one. This time in Maryland, leaving the shooter dead and two others injured, based on preliminary reports. And by the time this issue leaves newsstands a week from now, statistics say the United States will have likely […]
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What Humboldt Students Have to Say About School Shootings and How to Stop Them
Students in high school classrooms across the North Coast walked out at 10 a.m. on March 14, taking part in a national walkout day organized to bring awareness to gun violence and school shootings. The 17-minute walkout took place in solidarity with students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, with each minute […]