US Politics
A Betrayal on the Bay: Newsom's Vetoes and the Unfinished Fight for Indigenous Rights
Thousands gathered on Alcatraz to celebrate Indigenous resilience while criticizing Governor Gavin Newsom's recent vetoes of bills aimed at protecting tribal water rights, sacred sites, and addressing the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous persons. It is a profound betrayal of democratic values and human dignity for a state leader to offer symbolic remembrance one day and then, days later, veto the very legislation designed to protect the lives, land, and sacred freedoms of Native Californians.
