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Dorece Sam: SLAPP Suits and Dirty Deals

Continued Series on mining of Lithium and other metals needed to create and upgrade "new technology" energy systems.... but at what cost?

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - When you look at a gleaming new electric vehicle what do you see? We love our cars, that is not in question, and our new technologies- and lithium mining for batteries for these vehicles is where it all begins.

There are problems of policy, of the enforcement of laws, and of environmental inequality and landscape destruction.

Vax-Unvaxed - Let the Science Speak
Written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brian Hooker, PhD

Book Review by Marianne Perez for "unscientific readers"

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - In preparing the review on "Vax-Unvax - Let the Science Speak", it was important to me for people to understand -- in layman's terms -- if they were being coerced by government with "fear over facts" regarding a virus that denied our health decisions and our liberties.

A Labor Day Message for 2023

"Workplace improvements contribute substantially to middle-class financial stability and worker well-being." -2023 Treasury Department report

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - Why do we need unions, anyway?

Because they are essential for America. Unions are the only large-scale movement left in America that serve as a countervailing balance against corporate power, acting in the economic interest of the middle class.

The Ultimate Guidelines and Requirements to Get a Mortgage

To apply for a mortgage, a person must comply with all the requirements, including credit scores, downpayment, etc.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A mortgage is borrowing money from a lender on certain conditions. One borrows money to buy a house, building, or any real estate. Both the lender and buyer agree to the terms of the mortgage.

That gives the right to the lender to seize the property if the borrower cannot return the loan with interest.

Federal Jury Convicts Man of Assaulting Woman on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation

Graybael Jr. faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and five years of supervised release.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A federal jury in Portland found a Warm Springs, Oregon man guilty today of assaulting his girlfriend and leaving her lying injured in the driveway of her home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

38-year old Maron Brent Graybael, Jr., was found guilty of one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Creating Art: If It`s Fun, It`s Alive

So why do I care about art? Indeed, why now?

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - As I trek toward the Great Unknown, as life’s struggles seem to intensify, some odd questions keep recurring.

Art — what is it again? Why does it matter? How does it matter? What does it mean to be “good” at it?

Chasing the American Dream in Lithium Valley

Environmental justice means economic justice. It means jobs justice.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - A few years ago, on a road trip to the Salton Sea and the town of Brawley, Calif. Some parts of town had a vaguely uninhabited look, boarded buildings sucking the life out of the place.

The Salton Sea qualifies as an environmental disaster area.

President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaii

Individuals/business owners can apply at DisasterAssistance.gov or 1-800-621-3362.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Hawaii to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on Aug. 8, 2023 and continuing.

The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Maui County.

Online Casino Review: 21 Dukes Casino

Not All That Glitters is Gold. Do your due diligence!

(SALEM, Ore.) - If you've been wandering around the vast world of online casinos, searching for that perfect spot to land, then this is good news. Have you heard of 21Dukes Casino?

How can you ensure you're getting the thrill without the threats? Read on.

Sinead O`Connor and Catholic Church Child Abuse

Ms. O’Connor was right all along; we just weren’t ready to listen.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter, artist-musician, political activist and troubled soul died on July 26, 2023, at age 56.

When I think of the late John Paul II, I remember his tepid response to child abuse. I remember the letter from the Vatican warning Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all child-abuse cases to the police.