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California Reparations for Slavery Defies Fact, Logic, Fairness, and Law

June 5, 2023 2:45 amJune 6, 2023 7:57 am

If one seeks a state that should pay reparations for slavery, California is not that state. In fact, California gold paid the most of any state to finance the Civil War to a successful conclusion that ended slavery in the...

CA Senate Honoring The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in LGBTQ Recognition Ceremony

May 28, 2023 10:05 amMay 30, 2023 8:04 am

On June 5 the California Senate will be holding a LGBTQ recognition ceremony. One of the honorees is Sister Roma from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence group. Yes, that Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence group, recently embroiled in controversy with the...

Sacramento’s Elected Politicians Enrich Themselves With Pay Increases and Shiny Stadiums

May 24, 2023 8:45 amMay 25, 2023 6:41 am

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors just approved their own massive 37% salary raise. They also approved increasing their car allowances from $500 to $550 per month. The 37% raise will increase their salaries to $173,398 from $127,159. Supervisor Sue...

Harebrained Study Behind Gov. Newsom Blaming Fossil Fuel Companies for California Wildfires

May 18, 2023 8:20 amMay 21, 2023 11:22 am

Earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a $60-million plan to build a special “fish” channel to allow salmon and steelhead, sturgeon and lamprey to swim around a dam on the Yuba River. More on that later. Newsom also blurted...

Liberation, Resistance, Intersectionality… A Critical Look at Existing Ethnic Studies Courses in California

May 15, 2023 7:42 amMay 16, 2023 9:03 pm

Many school districts in California have started teaching Ethnic Studies ahead of the state mandated timeline of 2025. This has come on the back of a multi-year movement to promote Ethnic Studies in K-12, a movement fraught with controversies and...

Special to the Globe: Turkey’s Crucial Election Sunday

May 11, 2023 2:39 pmMay 11, 2023 2:50 pm

On Sunday, our Turkish friends go to the polls to elect a President and Parliament. Voters will select 600 members of the Grand National Assembly and a President for a five-year term. Current President Recep Erdogan the leader of the...

San Francisco Reparations Plan Installs a ‘Neo-Apartheid System’

May 8, 2023 3:37 pmMay 12, 2023 9:10 am

The San Francisco reparations committee has admitted that their recommendation of a one time payment of $5 million per black resident has no mathematical basis. In March, the Globe spoke with local San Francisco resident Richie Greenberg for in-depth analysis....