Map by Concerto via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we would like to express our gratitude for the Indigenous peoples of this nation. The origins of Thanksgiving are sordid and to many represent grief and mourning, for the arrival of colonists and the centuries of Indigenous genocide, displacement, and oppression that followed. We acknowledge this injustice and strive to restore the relationships with Native peoples and their homelands. Before European...

This election, California voters are asked whether to issue temporary legislative district maps through 2030 in response to redistricting efforts in other states. There are obvious partisan political implications to the Proposition. We can’t address those as a nonprofit. However, we think the new maps are good for the protection of the environment, independent of any political consideration. Here’s why. At present, Congressional Districts in Northern California split the coast from inland...