Sara Rubin here, remembering back to the way I learned about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. As a child, I understood—wrongly—that his wo…
Helen Rucker, a longtime leader and activist, died early Wednesday morning, Nov. 19 in her home. She was 93 and been in hospice care in her Se…
When Prince Asaka and Princess Nobuko of Japan came to Monterey on Nov. 20, 1925, their arrival had been kept secret.
Agata Popęda here, noting that civil rights activist Ben Jealous will be in town Thursday, May 8. This ’90 York School alumnus is returning to…
David Schmalz here. Things aren’t great in America right now, to put it lightly, but if you, like me, were out at one of the nationwide Hands …
Pam Marino here, reporting on a tangled web of relationships involving a hometown son turned national leader, a respected local civil rights o…
“I moved to the West Coast after 20 years working as a civil rights photographer and paralegal,” says Carly Ganley, a photographer and painter…
In 2012, California became the first state in the country to pass legislation declaring clean water is a human right. “Every human being has t…
Hundreds of people gathered in Seaside on Monday, Jan. 15, the day that Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 95. They marched down Broadw…
Lyndon Tarver is ready for business all the time. He wears a suit Monday-Thursday and again on Sunday for church. And he readily offers up a p…