Opinion: Nurses are also heroes of war — and, or course, pandemics
Most of us have a desire to forget the traumatic COVID-19 pandemic. Yet Memorial Day and Veterans Day beckons us to the frontline health care providers who saved lives...
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Opinion: The takedown of Bashar Assad impacts many in the U.S. Here’s how.
Syrian refugees in El Cajon danced in the streets upon hearing about the Dec. 7 collapse of the Assad dynasty, which hailed from the Shi’a Alawite minority and ruled the...
Opinion: Filmmaker talking war in San Diego, a military hub, is a perfect fit
To mark this year’s Veterans Day, the fifth anniversary of the foundation of Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, D.C., and the 50th anniversary of the end of Vietnam War,...
Female astronauts Sally Ride and Ellen Ochoa paved the way for women to soar into space
Al-Marashi is an associate professor of history at Cal State San Marcos and lives in Encinitas.The dedication ceremony of the Ellen Ochoa Pavilion at San Diego State University Friday will...