Making Sure Local High Schools are Safe for Students

By Becky Gillespie I made the following public comment (below signature line) at the Nevada Joint Union High School District Board meeting on 8/13/2025, requesting that the board either update the language in its policies or make a resolution similar to the Tahoe Truckee School Board resolution so that students and their families know that

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Vote Climate and Divest from Fossil Fuels

Hi Friends,  this is a reprinted article written by Sharon Delgado, board member of Earth Justice Ministries and Convener of Fossil Free UMC, which is working to get the United Methodist Church to divest from fossil fuels.  She wrote this article, which was published in United Methodist Insight. For our struggle is not against flesh

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Daryl Grigsby: White America gave Trump the platform to lead the charge

Published in the Grass Valley Union on January 12, 2021. Find it here. The shame of the assault on the Capitol of the United States is the shame of white America. By white America, I do not mean every white person in the United States. I do, however, mean the majority of white Americans. Majority

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What to Do if there is an Attempted US Coup

We are people aligned with various local groups who are concerned that if President Donald Trump loses in the upcoming election he will refuse to concede power even if the results are clear. We are organizing locally, as are thousands of people around the country. We see many warning signs. When asked repeatedly, Trump has

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