Aug 31, 2017
On the evening of Tuesday, August 15, 2017 the Fort Bragg city government announced that long-serving City Manager Linda Ruffing would be retiring in the new year. The announcement came less than 24 hours after the Council had received dozens of written and oral comments extensively praising Ruffing, in an upswell of...
Aug 31, 2017
On the evening of Tuesday, August 15, 2017 the Fort Bragg city government announced that long-serving City Manager Linda Ruffing would be retiring in the new year. The announcement came less than 24 hours after the Council had received dozens of written and oral comments extensively praising Ruffing, in an upswell of...
Aug 29, 2017
In this August 8, 2017 interview, journalist Dan Young talks to Fort Bragg, California activist George Reinhardt about issues surrounding the planned cleanup of toxic pollution at the town's former Georgia Pacific mill site. Reinhardt also briefly discusses his organization, the Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group,...
Aug 29, 2017
In this June 22, 2017 interview, reporter Dan Young speaks with investigative journalist Alex Kotch. Kotch describes the activities of far right billionaires -- including the Koch, DeVos, and Mercer families -- who fund college speaking tours by right-wing propagandists and provocateurs. Kotch also describes how the...
Aug 29, 2017
In this June 19 interview, Dan Young speaks with Elizabeth Williamson, a member of the faculty at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Williamson discusses recent protests at this public liberal arts college, and the right-wing backlash against student activism for racial equality.