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Monterey International Pop Festival announces its star-laden lineup.
Arts & Culture

Monterey International Pop Festival announces its star-laden lineup.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Apr 17, 2017

Few concerts in the history of music can claim close to the amount of influence and impact as Monterey Pop.

Forum | Opinion

The Constitution enshrines a free press as a watchdog.

  • The National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Society of News Editors
  • Mar 9, 2017

As organizations committed to the First Amendment right of freedom of speech and the press, we are alarmed by the efforts of the president and…

Day Without Immigrants earns a lot of support from Monterey County restaurants.
Eat + Drink

Day Without Immigrants earns a lot of support from Monterey County restaurants.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Feb 16, 2017

For anyone who's worked in a decent restaurant, this won't come as much of a surprise: Staffers often feel like family.

Activists hold protest at Cemex mine; Cemex responds.
News

Activists hold protest at Cemex mine; Cemex responds.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jan 16, 2017

About 50 activists gathered at the end of Dunes Drive in Marina this morning, and after short speeches by some of the event's organizers, trun…

Local Spin | Opinion

Watching the double standard in Cabinet confirmation hearings.

  • Mary Duan
  • Jan 12, 2017

Whoever thought Mitch McConnell would be the voice of reason?…

Forum | Opinion

How to survive Thanksgiving with people who voted differently than you.

  • Laila Lalami
  • Nov 23, 2016

It will take time to understand the full implications of what happened in the United States on Nov. 8, but one outcome is already clear: Half …

The top 10 under-covered news stories of the year.
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The top 10 under-covered news stories of the year.

  • Paul Rosenberg Terelle Jerricks
  • Oct 27, 2016

Throughout its 40-year history, Project Censored has covered a lot of ground that the corporate mainstream media has not. Begun by Carl Jensen…

Kamasi Washington debuts at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Cover story

Kamasi Washington debuts at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Sep 15, 2016

In 1970, Nina Simone wrote a rallying cry of a song called “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” an open letter of support to black kids who were o…

Local Spin | Opinion

What dying well means for Diablo Canyon—and my dad, a nuclear engineer.

  • Erik Cushman
  • Jun 30, 2016

When I heard the news last week about the mothballing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, it got me to thinking…

Forum | Opinion

Despite political rifts, the labor-green alliance has never been stronger.

  • Zoë Carpenter
  • Jun 2, 2016

It sounded like a potent combination: unions and other progressive groups teaming up to form a new Super PAC aimed at defeating Donald Trump. …

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