Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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World
Is U.S.-Russia New START treaty back on the negotiating table?
October 23, 2020The question arises after years of stalling by the Trump administration.
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U.S.
District Attorney says Oscar Grant police murder case to be reopened
October 9, 2020Another important struggle against police killing of unarmed people of color.
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U.S.
California Gov. Newsom signs bills on racial justice, police reform
October 7, 2020California becomes first state in the nation to establish a task force on reparations for slavery.
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World
International virtual webinars call for ending all nuclear weapons
September 30, 2020On the minds of all the speakers was the intertwined relationship of the world’s major crises – ending nuclear weapons and other struggles for military dominance, defeating the pandemic, curbing climate change, the struggle for racial...
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Politics
New California laws: Family leave, COVID protections, tax credits for undocumented
September 21, 2020“Undocumented front line workers leave their families every day to keep our economy running, but many are still struggling to make ends meet."
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U.S.
Some wins, some losses with new California policing laws
September 10, 2020New bills now awaiting the governor’s signature were inspired by recent police shootings and killings of unarmed African Americans.
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U.S.
California legislature passes compromise pandemic anti-eviction bill
September 4, 2020The new measure, Assembly Bill 3088, was introduced by a team of legislators including Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, who had authored a much farther-reaching measure, AB 1436, in February.
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U.S.
Virtual march on Livermore Lab caps Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing anniversaries
August 10, 2020The U.S. lab is devoting nearly 90% of its over-$2 billion budget for 2020-21 to nuclear weapons; only 2% will go to civilian science.
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