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It’s a Tough Job Market. These College Grads Are Optimistic.

Despite grim data, young grads at San Francisco State University say they remain undaunted as they prepare to enter the job market.

In Hungary Elections, Magyar Won While Orbán Was Saved

Viktor Orbán did not relinquish power after losing elections in Hungary because he could not hold on to it, but because in the long run he gains from it.

A Case for War? Iran’s Non-Existent Nuclear Weapons Program

The United States’ repeated attacks on Iran over more than 40 years are based on a lie: that Iran has a nuclear weapons program.

Los Angeles Proposes First Streetlight Fee Increase in 30 Years

A staff of 185 employees are responsible for maintaining a system that includes about 220,000 lights and spans two-thirds of the city’s 470 square miles.

Co-Opting Christ — Trump, Pope Leo and the Trans-Atlantic Schism

For the Pope, and increasingly for much of Europe, tensions over the Iran war are not simply a matter of policy difference, but a moral and theological crisis. 

Trump’s Threats and the Moral Unraveling of America

The US under Trump has surrendered the moral authority that once allowed Americans to believe that their country stood for something beyond raw power.

Despite Community Concerns, Epps Sentenced to Prison Time

Sustained outpouring of community support — a defining aspect of Kevin Epps’s murder trial —  ultimately fell short at his sentencing hearing.

In Race for California Governor, Farmers and Farmworkers Take Center Stage

Two recent gubernatorial debates in Fresno centered on the future of the state's massive agriculture industry and the farmworkers who keep it going.

Larry Itliong and the Great Delano Grape Strike

The myth that Cesar Chavez single-handedly led the farmworker movement was never true. Nothing makes this clearer than the life and work of Larry Itliong.