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New Canon’s ‘Othello’ doesn’t shy away from the issues that are still prevalent today.
Arts & Culture

New Canon’s ‘Othello’ doesn’t shy away from the issues that are still prevalent today.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jun 18, 2025

We say social media and conspiracy theories are ruining the fabric of our society, but it seems things were not much better in the early 17th …

A summit aims to help people recognize myths and realities around race.
Local Spin | Opinion

A summit aims to help people recognize myths and realities around race.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 11, 2024

Dirrick Williams is all too familiar with racism. As a Black man and native of majority-white Pacific Grove, he knows what it feels like to lo…

Letters to the Editor 06.20.24
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 06.20.24

  • Jun 20, 2024

Battle Lines

As issues of racism persist in Salinas schools, parents consider a civil rights lawsuit.
News

As issues of racism persist in Salinas schools, parents consider a civil rights lawsuit.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jun 13, 2024

In 2021, videos and photos of Salinas High School students stomping on and mutilating a Black baby doll circulated in national news. That inci…

Ethnic studies contract causes a rift in PVUSD – and a community group.
Local Spin | Opinion

Ethnic studies contract causes a rift in PVUSD – and a community group.

  • Sara Rubin
  • May 30, 2024

A conversation with Maximiliano Barraza Hernandez, an outgoing ninth-grader at Pajaro Valley High School, feels like going to an introductory …

A hate speech campaign comes to Monterey City Hall.
Local Spin | Opinion

A hate speech campaign comes to Monterey City Hall.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 28, 2023

When members of Monterey City Council and the public gathered in the council chambers in Colton Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 19 for a meeting, every…

Charles Chambers likes to cause “good trouble,” and he has spent 50 years doing it.
Face to Face

Charles Chambers likes to cause “good trouble,” and he has spent 50 years doing it.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jun 15, 2023

Charles Chambers has been in Salinas for nearly 50 years. He moved to the area for work, and then became involved in his church and the commun…

After two racist incidents at Salinas Union schools, the community demands accountability.
News

After two racist incidents at Salinas Union schools, the community demands accountability.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Mar 16, 2023

A presentation at Harden Middle School in Salinas on March 9 was meant to uplift Latinos, and educate them about how to be allies of their Bla…

Black History Month movie nights aim to create real reflection and conversation about race in America.
Arts & Culture

Black History Month movie nights aim to create real reflection and conversation about race in America.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jan 26, 2023

A hush falls over the theater as the credits roll on the 2013 drama 12 Years a Slave. The film is based on the true story of Solomon Northrup,…

An ordinary interaction on an ordinary day for a Black person can lead to tension and mortal fear.
Forum | Opinion

An ordinary interaction on an ordinary day for a Black person can lead to tension and mortal fear.

  • Lillian Johnson
  • Jul 21, 2022

It was in March 2022 around 1:30 in the afternoon when I stopped by a laundromat in Marina to wash my bath mats. I walked in holding the mats …

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