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  • Trump on Drugs

    Nightmare Scenarios Looking Ever More Probable Jag Davies DPA   What a strange time to be fighting to end the war on drugs and the mentality that gave rise to it.  In recent years we’ve won a wide range of once-unimaginable victories and super-majorities of public support – and...
  • Organizations Form Coalition Against Hate

    Coalition Calls for Peaceful but Forceful Opposition to Normalization of Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia   On Tuesday November 29th,  the Coalition Against Hate released the discriminatory records of individuals who have been raised as potential appointees or senior staff in a Trump administration with deep ties...
  • Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions

    Sessions Will Likely Bring Back Harsh Drug Sentences, Block State Marijuana Programs  Drug Policy Alliance  Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has been selected by Donald Trump to be the next Attorney General. “Jeff Sessions is a drug war dinosaur, which is the last thing the nation needs now,” said Ethan...
  • Trump’s Green Attitude

    What kinds of changes to federal environmental policies can we expect to see from Donald Trump’s presidency? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Like many Americans, environmental advocates are alarmed at the results of the 2016 election. What worries them most is Trump’s call for reneging on the landmark...
  • What may happen defines what we need to prepare for

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Outside my kitchen window today I watched several squirrels scurrying around foraging for food. One had an apple in his mouth; another a walnut. The birds, bluejays, wrens, blackbirds, morning doves and titmouse’s feeding at the bird feeder seemed to have an understanding amongst themselves...
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  • How Can This Be? God Was on My Side.

    Shelly Palmer You can read the title of this post two ways. If you voted for President-Elect Trump, you can read it as a question followed by an answer. If you voted for Secretary Clinton, you can read it as a question followed by a belief statement. Both sides...
  • Luis Valdez: The Way to the Mind is Through the Heart

    Belinda Quesada Special to El Observador 10 Fast Facts You Should Know About Luis Valdez 1. Straight “A” student in high school and a math1 and history nerd. 2. Received a college scholarship and graduated with honors from San José State University. 3. Still keeps in touch with his...
  • Let’s prepare for the coming Trump Administration

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Now that the 2016 Presidential Election results are established, it behooves all to begin to prepare for the future Trump Administration. Keep in mind that Republican’s ideology is focused upon a ‘smaller federal government’. The ‘Establishment’ merits what happened because since 1975 (Reagan Administration), the...
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