Faulty comparison | Sign on ineptitude | Attacking humanity. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Feb. 23, 2025.

One of our own, Frank Murphy, the U.S. Supreme Court judge who grew up in Harbor Beach, stood up to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Right now, we shouldn’t be asking whether any of the bodies in trees (DOGE cuts) are really horse thieves (wasteful spending), we should be asking how the outlaws got into the sheriff’s office and how ...

This deliciously readable book is a cultural tour de force through eras of oral storytelling, from religious texts to Doja ...

Instead of turning towards nationalism, in the face of rising fascism, we should turn to each other and the planet.

Council passes anti-Japanese resolution.” That was a headline in this newspaper back on June 18, 1943, at the height of World ...

For years Portland Police Bureau has cooperated with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), but with a new federal administration intent on broadening the JTTF’s scope and power, city leaders ...

Here is a selection of comments on stories posted on the Reporter-Herald Facebook page Feb. 15-21. Eric Hoffman: Let me guess $100 bail and back to the streets with them? Juliana Bishop Hoch: When ...

US President Donald Trump criticized $21 million funding for voter turnout in India and $29 million to strengthen Bangladesh's political landscape. He questioned the allocation of such substantial ...

The Day of Remembrance teach-in took place in Hallock Auditorium this past Thursday, covering the history of Japanese internment camps in World War II and revealing Oberlin’s role in welcoming ...