News that organizers of Eureka’s Women’s March have canceled this year’s event amid concerns that past incarnations have been “overwhelmingly white” have gained national attention. Today, The Washington Post, Fox News, Newsweek, Slate, The Hill, Breitbart and other media outlets have all published stories about local organizers’ decision. The 2017 Women’s March in Eureka drew […]
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Tensions Mount in Rainbow Ridge Protests
Several days of protests over plans to log in a grove that contains old growth Douglas fir on Rainbow Ridge reached a peak just before 3 p.m. yesterday after demonstrators blocked the southernmost exit/entrance from U.S. Highway 101 to Scotia and the Humboldt Redwood Company Lumber Mill. Video by Earth First in Humboldt uploaded to […]
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‘Justice for Josiah’ Protest Disrupts Arcata Council Meeting
Wednesday’s Arcata City Council meeting was rescheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday after protesters demanding movement on an investigation into the fatal stabbing of Humboldt State University student David Josiah Lawson took over the council chambers. Video footage from local media outlets showed the group lined up along the aisles of the room and in front […]
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Photos from the Lantern Floating Ceremony
The Saturday morning lantern-making workshop on the Arcata Plaza was busy with people of all ages making lanterns with personalized remembrances or social commentary for that evening’s 36th annual Lantern Floating Ceremony at Klopp Lake in the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. The Lantern Floating Ceremony is based on the Japanese Obon tradition of honoring […]
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Protesters Gather at Local Homeland Security Office
Several dozen people gathered this morning in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Old Town Eureka to protest the Trump Administration’s immigration policies. Several speakers addressed the crowd, which waved signs emblazoned with slogans like “Keep Families Together,” “Refugees Welcome” and “Chinga La Migra,” and occasional passing cars honked messages of […]
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Protesters Say ‘Enough is Enough’ at Families Belong Together Rally
A diverse crowd of protesters stretching some three city blocks made their way through the streets of Old Town Eureka this morning, peacefully decrying the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the border and demanding the reunification of separated families. As they wound along the route, marchers held aloft handmade signs, some reading “In our […]
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Dozens Turn Out to Protest Child Detention Immigration Policies
Several dozen people gathered this evening on the southwest corner of the Arcata Plaza to protest U.S. immigration policies that have left some 2,000 children separated from their families. While President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week stopping the separations — after previously insisting only Congress could take the action — the thousands […]
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McKinley Draped in ‘Justice for Josiah’ Banner in Dual Act of Protest
The thousands of people who descended on the Arcata Plaza this morning to watch the Kinetic Grand Championship race begin were greeted by an unusual sight. The McKinley statue in the plaza’s center — the source of months of public debate — was shrouded in a white sheet painted with the words “Justice for Josiah” […]
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Students Stage Die-In to Bring Awareness to Lawson Case
Humboldt State University students held a die-in on campus yesterday during the annual Spring Preview event for prospective students and their families, warning that people of color aren’t safe in the local community. The die-in came as a part of 12 days of organized protests and activities aimed at raising awareness about the April 15, […]
