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Letters to the Editor

To the editor, While the origins of COVID-19 are debated, it remains true that animal agriculture greatly increases our pandemic risk. That's why Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla should support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For readers who aren't familiar with the term, cultured meat is grown from cells, without raising and slaughtering livestock. "Both farmed and caged wild animals create the perfect breeding ground for zoonotic diseases," Liz Specht wrote [...]

By |2021-07-01T23:52:53-05:00July 1st, 2021|COVID-19, Ecology, Health, Human Rights, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Letters, Letters To Editors, Letters to the Editor, Politics, Prisons|0 Comments
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Letter to the Editor: Promote Cultured Meat to End Animal Slaughter

To the editor, President-elect Joe Biden, who won the endorsement of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, should support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For readers who aren't aware, cultured-meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. There is no greater crime than what we do to nonhumans in food production. We kill over a trillion aquatic and land creatures every year for this purpose. According to the Population Reference Bureau, only about [...]

By |2020-12-01T20:46:05-05:00December 1st, 2020|Economy, Environment, Food, Health, Letters, Letters to the Editor, Movements, News|0 Comments
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Letter to the Editor

MSW Students Concerns Regarding Youth's Mental Health During Covid-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting multiple areas of youths’ lives including social, mental health, and emotional well-being.  Many youths across our nation received little to no information about the COVID-19 virus prior to the stay at home orders being put into place.  Additionally, youths did not receive prior notice about possible changes to their daily routines and intended school disruptions.  New challenges arose [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:25:46-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, COVID-19, Disability issues, Education, Health, Health Care, Letters|0 Comments
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Letter to the Editor: Bernie, Stop Attacking Venezuela

Dear friends and Bernie Sanders Supporters, What follows is my response to the Bernie campaign asking for financial support...which I have been giving...but will discontinue until he changes his rhetoric ( and hopefully his position) attacking Venezuela.  We cannot afford another war mongering president ready to support destructive US policies and invasions.  Repeating corporate media lies supporting the destabilization of another sovereign country is a very very disturbing thing for any candidate.  [...]

By |2019-10-02T05:44:34-05:00October 2nd, 2019|Activism, Bernie Sanders, Commentary, Latin America, Letters, Letters to the Editor, Movements, Politics, Venezuela|0 Comments
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Open Letter to the People of the United States from Venezuelan President Maduro

An Open Letter To The People Of The U.S. From President Nicolás Maduro By Nicolás Maduro Greetings. I am Nicolas Maduro, constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  If I know anything, it is about the people, because just like you, I am a man of the people. I was born and raised in a poor neighborhood of Caracas. I was forged in the heat of popular and union struggles in [...]

By |2019-03-03T03:34:02-05:00March 3rd, 2019|Climate Change, Latin America, Letters, National Security, News, Peace, Politics, Venezuela|0 Comments
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LETTERS TO CHANGE LINKS

To Change Links: In the May issue, you carried an article promoting AB931 as a legislative effort to cut police killings. We urge caution about this bill, which has already been amended twice since submission. One key element is to look at the concept of "totality of circumstances."  It is very much a part of the bill. You can see the bill as amended here: httpss://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB931 The key language in the official [...]

By |2018-05-28T01:47:48-05:00May 28th, 2018|Commentary, Letters, Letters To Editors|0 Comments
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