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No tolerance for hatred  As residents, home owners, and community members of San Luis Obispo County, we are upset, but not shocked, by the tragic hate crime perpetrated on the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity on the Cal Poly campus. The hate crimes on the campus are ongoing, a cyclical targeting of one group after another who claim individual and/or intersectional identities of female, Jewish, Muslim, Black, LGBTQ-plus, and non-majority identities. It is common knowledge that a swastika is the symbol used to represent the Nazi party. The wider implications of the sign are terrifying and go far be...

Shires Strong Event Highlights and Celebrates Businesses in Southwestern Vermont The Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce on January 27, 2021 (credit: Southwestern Vermont Chamber) Vermont Business Magazine After a year that challenged even the best business owners and institutions throughout Vermont, the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce hosted a night of celebration. Titled “Shires Strong,” the Chamber’s annual membership meeting, promoted as the biggest night for businesses in the region, took place digitally on Wednesday January 27, 2021. The digital event held on Zoom an...

One in an occasional series about Philadelphia’s unchecked gun violence. Every trip outside the house for Jackee Nichols brings a new reminder of the pain. Nichols is from a part of South Philadelphia that has been embroiled in a shooting conflict for as long as anyone can remember. In October 2018, that violence claimed her 15-year-old grandson. Police believe he was gunned down for living on the wrong block — but, like most shootings in Philadelphia, no one has been charged in the crime. Now Nichols faces the daily torment of living among the people she suspects killed her grandson, ...