On March 1, Ontario’s city council voted to allow the repurposing of some of the farmland in south Ontario to build some of the city’s largest warehouse complexes. The decision — which is not the first of its kind — was met with backlash by some Ontarians and environmental groups, including Pitzer College’s Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability.
Tag: Local Politics
The 5 to the 10: Wait, this is not Los Angeles — how white flight created the LA suburbs
Have you ever wondered why Claremont is so white? Southern California columnist Cassidy Bensko unpacks the white flight that created Los Angeles suburbs and the local politics that aim to keep them white.
OPINION: Empower small governments to achieve social justice
Empowering local governments and communities of color provides an opportunity for widespread systemic change to be enacted.
Scripps prof. who accused VA Lt. Gov. of sexual assault not teaching two fall classes
Scripps professor Vanessa Tyson, who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, is no longer teaching two fall classes.
OPINION: Local journalism is dying. Here’s why we need to save it
Local journalism has faced extraordinary challenges over the last two decades, leading to the closure or consolidation of nearly 20% of local papers since 2004. As a result, almost 1,400 communities throughout the U.S. have been left without any local newspapers, creating news deserts, according to a report by the