How to make progress in the next four years
To move the country forward, we’ll need to find common ground The election is over. The results are in. And the outcome is painfully clear….
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Unsuccessful Sacramento candidate offers president a lesson in concession etiquette
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 3 election has been close As Gregg Fishman watched his election night lead shrink with each successive update in…
Cartoon: Hot drop box
Clay Jones is an award-winning political cartoonist. See more of his work at claytoonz.com
Is Joe Biden what we want? Or what we need?
The great philosopher Mick Jagger once said, “You can’t always get what you want / But if you try sometimes, you just might find /…
Cartoon: Q the future
Clay Jones is an award-winning political cartoonist. See more of his work at claytoonz.com
The speech Joe Biden should give
‘I promise to serve only one term and to prepare my running mate, Kamala Harris, to become president. She will be the most powerful vice…
Essay: A candidate worth fighting for
Elizabeth Warren has the plans and passion to become the first female president By Janice Rocco I still remember the first time I saw Elizabeth…
Editor’s note: Shake it up
Should the Democratic nominee pick a Republican running mate? Do you want to be up until the wee hours of Nov. 3 waiting for our…
Essay: The Democratic circus
Party’s primary process may not produce strongest nominee By Eric Wiesenthal When the post-mortem on the 2020 presidential race is written, it may say: “There’s…
A Russian ‘nesting doll?’
Hillary Clinton camp accuses Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of being too cozy with Kremlin Why in the world are some big-name Democrats going after Rep. Tulsi…
Hearts and minds
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren seek to diversify their support As Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren compete to be the Democratic Party’s progressive standard bearer,…
Editor’s note: The surrogate
West Sacramento mayor is stumping for Pete Buttigieg These days, Christopher Cabaldon has two jobs plus a side gig. He’s mayor of West Sacramento and…
To impeach or not to impeach
For Democrats and progressives, that is the question The long-simmering debate among Democrats and progressives is about to boil over: To impeach President Donald Trump…
Essay: The case for reparations
Impact of slavery lingers 150 years later By Derrell Roberts The issue of reparations has taken on a new life recently as it has become…