Pomona Politics
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Slow News: The Revisionists Won
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Don't Argue With Me, I Have a Master's Degree in Gatekeeping
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Measure Z: Learn More About the Behavior of its Supporters
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The Establishment Learns to Speak Activist
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The Municipal Romance of Trash, Trucks, and Campaign Cash
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District 2 Isn’t Just a Voting Bloc
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The Priorities of the City of Pomona
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Letter of Complaint Filed Against City of Pomona Ethics Commissioner for Violation of Political Campaign Laws
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Miranda Sheffield Candidate for Pomona District 6 Receives the LA County Democratic Party's endorsement
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Pomona City Council Candidate Receives Contribution from a Tax Exempt Business
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Investigative Report: Did Current City Council Members Victor Preciado and Steve Lustro Properly Disclose the Campaign Contributions they received from Pomona Police Officers' Association in 2018?
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Pomona: Primary Election Results
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Breaking: District 4 Candidate Guillermo Gonzalez Declares other Candidates have Violated Campaign Finance Laws
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Op-ed: Water is Life
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Op-ed: Addressing Homelessness
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Podcast: League of Women Voters Hosts Pomona Candidates Forum
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Op-ed: Government Funds Mismanagement
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Op-ed: Why Transparency is Important and how Pomona Can Achieve it
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Community Responses: 2024 Mayoral & City Council Poll
The Opera is A Collection of nonfiction essays, excerpts, poetry, and stories and from The Pomonan.
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Political Critique
Chad Bianco Talks Like He’s Never Worked a Housing Unit
Political Critique
Political Critique
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Conversational
Jennifer Stark, Off the Record
Conversational
Conversational
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Editorial Board
An Invitation to Pomona’s Candidates: Voters Want to Hear From You
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
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Opinion
The Limits of Vision
Opinion
Opinion
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Political Commentary, Op-Ed
How the Power Elite Handles Allegations of Sexual 'Misconduct,' Rape, Sexual Assault
Political Commentary, Op-Ed
Political Commentary, Op-Ed
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Political Critique
What’s in a Name? President Trump Chooses Punishing, Testosterone-Driven Names for his Ever-Expanding Military Objectives
Political Critique
Political Critique
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Guest Essay
Human Trafficking in Pomona: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight
Guest Essay
Guest Essay
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Political Analysis
Is the Billionaire Tax Fair?
Political Analysis
Political Analysis
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Political Analysis
Who are the Billionaires Opposing California’s Proposed “Billionaire Tax”?
Political Analysis
Political Analysis
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Cultural Criticism
Everything Starts Underground, Until the Underground Becomes a Scene
Cultural Criticism
Cultural Criticism
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Op-Ed
Redlands USD: When Citizenship Becomes Misconduct
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Archives
Malcolm X and the Question of Christianity in America
Archives
Archives
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Essay
Why Suburbia Misunderstands Everything: Geography, Insulation, Nuance, and the Politics of Distance
Essay
Essay
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Literary Essay
You Like to Paint with a Broad Brush
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
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Commentary
Mary, Joseph, Jesus — and the Corporation That Finally Let Them In
Commentary
Commentary
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Story Telling
Yogurt for Dinner
Story Telling
Story Telling
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Editorial Essay
THE SPOOK HUNTERS
Editorial Essay
Editorial Essay
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Editorial
Pomona City Council Quietly Reverses Course on Rent Cap Ordinance
Editorial
Editorial
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Op-Ed
The Concrete Classroom: Why Marginalized Public School Kids Got Asphalt Instead of Grass
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Photo Essay
Photo Essay: No Kings in Claremont
Photo Essay
Photo Essay
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Op-Ed
Country Clubs Get Breaks, Families Sleep in Cars
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Op-Ed
A Conversation Between “What is the Role of the Academic During Genocide?” and “On the Need to Organize Against Professionalization and Co-Optation in the Academy"
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Guest Commentary
YIMBY Grassroots or Astroturf?
Guest Commentary
Guest Commentary
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Op-Ed
Pomona Considers Flipping the Script on Fire Protection — But At What Cost?
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Op-Ed
UPDATE: Is Senate Bill 79 good for Claremont?
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Op-Ed
California’s State Bill 79 and What it Means for Claremont 
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Opinion
Pomona Saves the Sign, but Kills the Soul
Opinion
Opinion
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Opinion
Trumps Politics of Erecting Power
Opinion
Opinion
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Op-Ed
Pomona Lost. Free Speech Won. And I Took the Pictures
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
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Editorial
If you use the word “illegal”, do you also say the N word?
Editorial
Editorial
Art Reviews
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Exhibition, Recap
Claremont Lewis Museum of Art: Happiness Pursued. Paradise Lost. Recap
Exhibition, Recap
Exhibition, Recap
Art News & Openings
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Sponsored, Art & Culture
Artist Julian Lucas to Discuss Concepts of Home, Displacement and Loss
Sponsored, Art & Culture
Sponsored, Art & Culture
News
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Pomona Students Gather in Protest as Part of Nationwide Action Against ICE
Featured
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Film
Thirty Years Later, Twenty Five Years On, and Movies Are Softer Now
Film
Film
Street Vendors Save Lives
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Op-Ed
Pomona’s Street-Vending Ordinance Conflicts With State Law — And the Record Makes That Clear
Op-Ed
Op-Ed
Featured
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News
Pomona Students Gather in Protest as Part of Nationwide Action Against ICE
News
News
PUSD AP Econmics/Government
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Op-Ed, PHS AP Econ/Government
Every Story Deserves Its Spotlight: How The Pomonan Reimagines Local Journalism
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Op-Ed, PHS AP Econ/Government
 
 
Featured
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Music
LA LOM at The Glass House, Pomona – New Year’s Eve
Music
Music
Pomona Kids First: Measure Y
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By The Editorial Board
Pomona Votes for Children Youth: Measures Y and UU Pass Handily
By The Editorial Board
By The Editorial Board
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By The Editorial Board
Save Our Pomona Public Library Advocacy Group Accepts Out of Town Donations
By The Editorial Board
By The Editorial Board
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By Doug Forcett
A Dubious Endorsement by a Not-So Local News Source
By Doug Forcett
By Doug Forcett
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The Pomonan
LA Forward Endorses Yes on Measure Y
The Pomonan
The Pomonan
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The Inaugural Pomona Valley Pride Festival is Three Weeks Away!
Photographic Portfolios
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Wings Over Concrete - Urban Birds' Interlaced Flight Patterns in the Cityscape - Raghuvamsh Chavali
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LAUNDRY ROOM - Arkadiusz Kubisiak
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My Ego Confuses My Heart - Joel Rhymer
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Ion Puschila
The Relationship Between Poverty & Prostitution
Ion Puschila
Ion Puschila
Featured
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The Pomonan
The Inaugural Pomona Valley Pride Festival is Three Weeks Away!
The Pomonan
The Pomonan
Featured
Episode 01 | Linda Zhengova
Episode 01 | Linda Zhengova

5 QUESTIONS

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Column
5 Questions: Professor of English - Donato Martinez
Column
Column
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Column
5 Question with Margaret Elysia Garcia
Column
Column
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Column
5 Questions with David A. Romero Spoken Word Artist
Column
Column
 

AUTHORS

The Deconstruction of Law & Order
Banning the Box and Stopping the Frisk
Kelly Smith
Banning the Box and Stopping the Frisk
Kelly Smith
Kelly Smith
Featured
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Literature
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Literature
Literature
Featured
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Julian Lucas
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? By Fredrick Douglass
Julian Lucas
Julian Lucas
Featured
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Pomona’s Street-Vending Ordinance Conflicts With State Law — And the Record Makes That Clear
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Is Pomona’s New Street Vendor Space A Strategic Move to Revitalize the Blade? We Hope So, But at What Cost?
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Pomona Adapts Urgency Ordinance Creating New Regulations for Street Vendors

SHOP BOOKS

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Quick View
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Quick View
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law
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