Samantha Bee / Full Frontal: Life After Hate My daughter attended Occidental College awhile back. At the time, I was impressed that Professor Glenn A. Elmer Griffin was teaching a class on Whiteness. He’s still teaching it. The course examines “whiteness in the historic, legal, and economic contexts which have allowed it to function as … Continue reading The alt right: white people have to own this problem
Repost from ThinkProgress Former exec with major coal transporter nominated to head pipeline safety agency With no pipeline experience, big learning curve expected. By Mark Hand, September 11, 2017, 4:59 PM President Donald Trump intends to nominate a long-time executive with the freight rail industry to serve as administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), … Continue reading Former exec with major coal transporter nominated to head pipeline safety agency
Repost from KQED News EPA Demands Answers From Valero Months After Massive Benicia Refinery Outage By Ted Goldberg, August 23, 2017 The Valero Energy Corporation is facing a deadline in the coming days to respond to questions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about power issues at its Benicia oil refinery several months after an outage shut … Continue reading KQED: EPA Demands Answers From Valero Months After Massive Benicia Refinery Outage
A Unity Vigil drew 150 citizens from Vallejo and Benicia on Sunday evening, August 13. The crowd expressed solidarity and heartfelt outrage following the violent white supremacist, anti-Semitic and anti-gay rally in Charlottesville, VA last week. Of particular note was the presence of the Mayors of both cities. Mayor Elizabeth Patterson represented Benicia, and Mayor Bob Sampayan … Continue reading Mayors of Vallejo and Benicia join 150 to say no to hate groups