I’ve been on the phone over the last 48 hours with the DA and local news: we’re calling privately and publicly on the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office to release a statement answering whether any...
Category: Opinion
Hello From Redding, CA. It was about 6:30 pm on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, David Muir on ABC just finished and I decided to catch the news on TV. I had it muted for...
The crowd of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters who gathered in front of the Shasta County Courthouse Tuesday evening shared similar signs, including Let me Breathe, End Police Brutality, and Stop Violence, Be the...
In 2017, I organized voter turnout for Planned Parenthood in Southern Virginia. This was just weeks after the protest/riots in Richmond where white supremacists killed and maimed peaceful protesters.
Most of the canvassers in my outfit were black. Most of the neighborhoods we organized in were majority black communities.
Minneapolis is burning. Anger is rising. When Jefferson said, “ I prefer dangerous freedom to peaceful slavery,” he didn’t intend the enslaved to take it to heart. But several hundred years later, people of...
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the new animated film Scoob! This scooby-doo remake follows the story of the gang as they must search for Shaggy and Scooby after they were abducted....
It’s been 18 days since the Mother’s Day Cottonwood Rodeo, an event that garnered worldwide controversy for attracting and packing in nearly 2000 people, despite a COVID-19 ban against large gatherings. Shasta County has...
Our world may have begun as a garden, but it’s not seeming quite right these days. Coronavirus and the other horsemen are trampling the flowers, and the misshapen economy will make next year’s seeds...
“This is not about the COVID-19 virus”, a noticeable number of my Facebook friends write. “This is about our rights.” The right to leave their homes, to run their businesses. The right to shop...
In memory of my brother, Dale Pearson, 1945 – 1967 A ragged man, in worn fatigues, stands staring, pain reflected in every angle of his body. He reaches out to touch the Wall....
