Getting Juneteenth Right
Let’s be clear. The commerce of Black and Brown people in the past and the commerce by their current day generational financial inequality birthed Juneteenth … Continue reading
Letters Editor
Author: Letters Editor
Reservoir Reservations
Regarding the story by Henry Houston (6/3), I wonder if a more appropriate title for the article might not have been “A Former Quiet Place … Continue reading
Students Should Learn Critical Race Theory
Jerry Ritter’s letter in your July 1 issue, “CRT Is Not About Equity,” demonstrates that ignorance is no basis for policy. EW’s earlier Slant item … Continue reading
Too Much, EWEB
In a letter to EW (“NIMBY Strikes EWEB,” 6/17), Steve Mital, a former EWEB commissioner, accused another former commissioner, Sandra Bishop, of NIMBYISM over her … Continue reading
The Sound Of A Million Tiny Violins
Linda Yellin’s letter, “Homelessness Needs a Real Solution” (EW 7/1), no doubt makes good points about society’s inability to address homelessness, but just like the … Continue reading
Tell Congress To Help Renters
Great to see local efforts to provide affordable housing (“Affordable Housing Rises from the Rubble” by Henry Houston, EW 6/23). Congress is currently considering legislation … Continue reading
The Vietnam (Letters) War Continues
Alex Li asserts in his 6/10 letter that baby boomer activism after Vietnam “died on the vine” and that “your activism did not enter your … Continue reading
No One Misses Donald Rumsfeld
Another architect of U.S. imperialism bites the dust. Donald Rumsfeld went to Baghdad after Saddam Hussein had gassed his own people with chemical weapons provided … Continue reading
Don’t Return To ‘Normal’ Just Yet
It is good to be able to meet people in person again, to go many places without a mask, to feel more relaxed after receiving … Continue reading
Truth Hurts
Perhaps I should feel complimented that Annie Kayner thinks I’m decades younger in her “OK Millennials” reply (EW 6/24) to my “Boomers Sold Out” letter … Continue reading