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 …
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…
In 2021, videos and photos of Salinas High School students stomping on and mutilating a Black baby doll circulated in national news. That inci…
A conversation with Maximiliano Barraza Hernandez, an outgoing ninth-grader at Pajaro Valley High School, feels like going to an introductory …
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 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…
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…
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,…
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 …