June 10, 2021
Saving Democracy in America
American history is replete with warnings of impending disaster that went unheeded: Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and, more recently, the climate crisis, COVID-19 and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building.
American history is replete with warnings of impending disaster that went unheeded: Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and, more recently, the climate crisis, COVID-19 and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building.
In Myanmar in early March of this year, people began to attack and vandalize more than two dozen businesses. These rioters helped convince the military government of Myanmar to continue and to escalate the use of brutal crackdowns on all activists, up to and including the use of lethal force that left dozens dead over just one weekend in mid-March.
Currently, the United States spends at least three quarters of a trillion dollars each year on the Pentagon. The U.S. spends more on militarism than the next 10 countries combined; six of whom are allies. This amount excludes other military related spending like nuclear weapons (DOE), Homeland Security, and many other expenditures. Some say the total U.S. military spending is as high as $1.25 trillion/year.
School district’s equity work is ‘imperative in reducing disparities’
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. To fully honor those resilient and brave Americans, it is our duty to learn more about our nation’s past and current relationship with them.
Camas parents angry about masks, equity curriculum urged to ‘gather true facts’ Several parents of Camas students appeared at the School Board Meeting on Monday, May 10. They…
With the local candidate declaration period ending on May 21, we will soon know — save last-minute write-in candidates — who plans to compete for several open positions on Camas-Washougal city councils, school boards and commissions in the August primary and November general elections.
A little more than a year ago, as the pandemic tightened its lethal grip on the nation, a 43-year-old agricultural worker named Nancy Silva received a letter from her employer. The letter, which she subsequently carried in her wallet, informed her of a new Trump administration memorandum advising essential workers like her that they had a “special responsibility” to maintain their “normal work schedule(s).”
2020 was a year of reckoning in Washington state. As the coronavirus took its toll on the state, from the first confirmed case in January, to the first death in February and beyond, the pandemic exposed the stark realities of the country’s healthcare infrastructure. Even more so, it exposed the risk that out-of-pocket costs can have on the well-being of all Americans. Across the country, COVID-19 forced the issue of surprise bills like never before, as case counts and hospitalizations rose to numbers not before seen.
The school year is ending and the children of the Washougal School District have returned to our classrooms, to each other and to our teachers.
