We are reprinting a Letter to the Editor published in The Mercury News on March 26, 2023. Thank you, Nancy! On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqi writer Mortada Gzar wrote: “The magnitude of what Iraqis lost — and continue to lose … as we must deal with the repercussions  in

We are reprinting a Letter to the Editor published in the Mercury News on March 2, 2023. Thank you, Peggy! The new study by the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies shows disgraceful disparities in wealth. For example, eight households in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties hold more wealth than the bottom 50%, and 

How much military aid the U.S. has sent to fund the Ukraine war? $23 billion! (as of 1/6/2023) Russia should not use war to stop NATO expansion up to its borders. But ending the war cannot be achieved by more war. Instead of pumping more arms into the war zone, our government should lead the

Less than one week since the most far-right, extremist government in Israel’s history was sworn in, the government’s brutality and ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians has intensified at an even faster and terrifying pace. Over the last few days, the Israeli army has demolished over half a dozen homes and structures in Masafer Yatta and