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100 Million Is Too Few. Biden Should Aim Higher on Vaccinations.

January 22, 2021

The Washington Post What is the first thing Joe Biden should do as president? He has many competing priorities. He must deal with the pandemic, restart the economy, reestablish U.S. credibility on th...

Karbassi: Keep Retail Open During COVID to Ensure Economic Recovery

Opinion

January 20, 2021

Last January, California confirmed its first case of COVID-19 at a time when the state had a record low 3.9% unemployment and a booming economy, a statement that seems radically far away from our present realit...

‘MLK/FBI’ Forbids Us to Relax

Opinion

January 18, 2021

The New Yorker In the late nineteen-fifties, James Stewart was on a roll. “Vertigo” came out in 1958, as did the sly and funny “Bell, Book and Candle,” followed by “Anatomy of a Murder,” in 1959. A de...

Opinion: Why Are There So Few Courageous Senators?

Opinion

January 15, 2021

The New York Times Now that Donald Trump has been defanged, leading Republicans are rushing to denounce him. It’s a little late. The circumstances were different then, but a year ago, only one Republ...

Photo of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Has Trump Pushed the Republican Party to the Breaking Point?

Opinion

January 14, 2021

The Washington Post The most remarkable thing about the tumultuous past few weeks in American politics has been the behavior not of President Trump but of the Republican Party. Trump acted just as...

Opinion: Restoring Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good for Israel

Opinion

January 13, 2021

J Post The Biden administration, to be sworn in on January 20, will have to deal with many urgent issues at home and abroad and to repair the rubble left behind by the Trump administration. For Israe...

OPINION: How Georgia’s Glorious Black-Jewish Alliance Triumphed Over the Pro-Trump Mob

Opinion

January 9, 2021

Haaretz Yesterday, the worst kind of history was made when a pro-Trump mobstormed the U.S. Capitol, breaching the doors of the hallowed chamber of the Senate in an attempted coup spurred on by Presid...

Opinion: The Good News Hidden Within One of America’s Darkest Weeks

Opinion

January 7, 2021

The Washington Post Subscription The bad news about America is all around us. This is surely one of the darkest weeks in the country’s history. But there is good news hidden within it — or at least th...

OPINION: What America Has Learned From Iranian Social Media

Opinion

January 5, 2021

Bloomberg Most Americans have no idea who Nahid Shirbisheh is. But in Iran, she has become a powerful symbol of resistance. A little over a year ago, she witnessed her son’s murder at a government pr...

OPINION: Measure P Failed – and Supreme Court Must Uphold This Fact. If Not, Hold On to Your Wallets.

Opinion

January 4, 2021

In November 2018, citizens voted on the 30-year Measure P parks tax initiative that would have raised our sales taxes by 3/8 of a percent to the existing 7.975% sales tax in Fresno. It failed because it did not...

Pushed to Rush, FDA Head Says Feds Will Get Vaccine 'Right'

Audit: Millions May Have to Repay California Jobless Aid

Will Six Flags Stake Its Future in Fresno? Mayor Would ‘Roll Out the Red Carpet’

US Surging Vaccine to States Amid Complaints of Shortages

New COVID Protocol Means Valley Ambulances Might Not Take You to Emergency Room

Opinion: Newsom, Legislature Must Urgently Prioritize Kids and Reopen Schools

Water Partnerships Between Cities and Farms Would Help Prepare for a Changing Climate

California’s Bill for Fighting Trump in Court? $41 Million So Far

Newsom Gambles With Abrupt COVID Reopening. Will It Ease Recall Threat?

Disneyland to Update Jungle Cruise to be More Culturally Inclusive

Hank Aaron, Baseball’s One-Time Home Run King, Dies at 86

Dog Spent Days Outside Turkish Hospital Waiting for Owner

Opinion: With Surging Gun Sales Comes Increased Risks

Walters: California Employment Takes a Downturn

Opinion: Newsom, Legislature Must Urgently Prioritize Kids and Reopen Schools

Going Underground: California Business Operates in Secret Amid Pandemic Restrictions

GV Wire Unfiltered - January 12, 2021

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

'With Reservations': Trump Voters Grapple With Biden's Win

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Biden Win Confirmed After Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol

Trump Says He’ll ‘Fight Like Hell’ to Hold on to Presidency

Opinion

100 Million Is Too Few. Biden Should Aim Higher on Vaccinations.

Karbassi: Keep Retail Open During COVID to Ensure Economic Recovery

‘MLK/FBI’ Forbids Us to Relax

Opinion: Why Are There So Few Courageous Senators?

Has Trump Pushed the Republican Party to the Breaking Point?

Opinion: Restoring Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good for Israel

OPINION: How Georgia’s Glorious Black-Jewish Alliance Triumphed Over the Pro-Trump Mob

Opinion: The Good News Hidden Within One of America’s Darkest Weeks

OPINION: What America Has Learned From Iranian Social Media

OPINION: Measure P Failed – and Supreme Court Must Uphold This Fact. If Not, Hold On to Your Wallets.

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