Distance learning isn’t perfect – but it’s working
When the pandemic flipped the education system upside down six months ago, people had concerns about how kids would finish the year.... Continue
A new vision for local governance
This pandemic has proven that many of our assumptions about social structures are wrong. Conventional truths about working, economic... Continue
Monumental decisions
At each major turning of the wheel of history, the symbols of the formerly powerful are destroyed. These iconoclastic urgings result... Continue
Facing the facts about masks
Every legitimate epidemiologist agrees that by wearing face masks the public can greatly reduce the transmission of Covid-19, yet... Continue
It’s time to change the culture of policing
The behavior and accountability of law enforcement has emerged as a huge issue. The murder of George Floyd set off ongoing nationwide... Continue
Editorial: Boarded windows send the wrong message
The protests roiling our nation have but lightly touched Sonoma Valley, but all of us here feel the tension and despair that’s... Continue
Thinking outside a brand-new box
People don’t change long-standing habits easily; where we shop, what we eat, how we speak, ways we dress, and so forth, become... Continue
The Sun is a struggling small business. You can help.
The coronavirus pandemic is killing a horrifying number of people; it’s also finishing off America’s local newspapers,... Continue
Protection, not promotion: How the hospitality industry can help its workers right now
Sonoma’s Tourism Improvement District (TID), a non-profit organization operated by representatives from the hospitality industry,... Continue
Our world has turned upside down
Everything we believed was true has become subject to question or even reversal; everything we relied upon has shifted. On a larger... Continue
