Opinion

Is Affordable Housing Possible?

Published by admin on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 3:57pm

One of the more comprehensive articles on America’s affordable housing crisis recently appeared in the New York Times.

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Film Review: 'The King'

Published by admin on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 3:38pm

Documentarian Eugene Jarecki is a thought-provoking, some might even say radical, filmmaker.

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Movie Review: 'The Spy Who Dumped Me"

Published by admin on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 3:37pm

Let’s say you are a creative person who likes to cook and wants to create an original, very special dish – something that’s fresh and new. Where and how do you begin?

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Policing the Police: Alternative to Incarceration

Published by admin on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 3:01pm

A month or so ago Patrick Kennedy, the executive director of the Greater Long Beach Interfaith Community Organization (ICO), sent us an email asking if we could meet and discuss what we’ve been writing about in this column for the past six years; specifically the patterns and practices of the Lon

Redefining Pubic Safety

Beachcombing

Published by admin on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 2:58pm

Our people are mad as hell and they’re not taking it anymore. They are protesting to their city council representatives and lodging dozens of complaints on Nextdoor.

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Who Wants to Play "Spin the City Charter?"

Published by admin on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 2:55pm

Hey, readers. Have you heard? Apparently, voters have been beating down the doors of the mayor and councilmembers, begging them to change the City Charter … in a hurry.

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Judicial Mystique

Published by admin on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 2:54pm

The day following President Trump’s announcement of the nomination of Bret Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, countless articles appeared in newspapers and on the Internet condemning the president, the nominee and every aspect of the decision.