Apr 12Member-onlyWhat Do We Do With Kevin de LeonAccording to the Los Angeles Times, an effort to recall disgraced Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de Leon recently failed to gather…Politics And Elections1 min readPolitics And Elections1 min read
Apr 3Member-onlyRick Wolff Shares His Views on RacismRick Wolff chats with LA Progressive about Capitalism. Economist Rick Wolff sits with Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive and…1 min read1 min read
Apr 3Member-onlyGrand Jury Indictments, Is the Tide Turning ?Back in 1987, with the release of Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities, the phrase “a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich” entered American parlance. It spoke to the cozy relationship between the county district attorney, state attorney general or federal US attorney, the court and law enforcement. Tom…Law4 min readLaw4 min read
Nov 5, 2022Member-onlyWhy Must We Continue to Settle for CrumbsJoe Biden announced a student loan forgiveness program that the democrats have applauded — the problem is that 45 million students and former students are saddled with $2 trillion in…Student Loan Forgiveness1 min readStudent Loan Forgiveness1 min read
May 3, 2020Member-onlyProgressives Better Learn How to Win — Our Lives Depend On ItJames W. Knowles, III — does that name ring a bell? Don’t worry if it doesn’t. Knowles’ 15 minutes of fame came and went with the Ferguson uprising. …Coronavirus3 min readCoronavirus3 min read
Mar 26, 2020Member-onlyCoronavirus Disaster TimelineIn December of 2019, the world learned that a highly contagious potentially lethal strain of the Coronavirus was spreading in China. …Covid-195 min readCovid-195 min read
Mar 26, 2020Member-onlyCoronavirus Intersectionality: Who Chooses Who Lives — LA ProgressiveCoronavirus Intersectionality: Who Chooses Who Lives Unlike some people who make this claim, the Coronavirus has demonstrated that it truly does not see race, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender. Until there is a vaccine or some other remedy, none of that will matter if someone comes into direct contact with the virus. But, considering the highly…Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Sep 12, 2018Member-onlyAll the Anonymous B.S. That’s Fit to PrintSelf-Serving Newspapers Like the New York Times Ditch Their Own Ethics Rules The most disturbing aspect of the New York Times op-ed by an anonymous “senior official in the Trump Administration” isn’t its content. The content isn’t significant enough to make an impression. “Meetings with [President Trump] veer off topic and off the rails, he engages in repetitive rants, and his impulsiveness…Journalism5 min readJournalism5 min read
Sep 12, 2018Member-onlyHow Immigration Activists Got ICE Out of a County JailICE contended that forcing Contra Costa County to divest from cooperation in immigrant detention would harm the detainees — an argument similar to those heard during the fight for divestment from apartheid in South Africa. Bay Area immigrant communities and immigrant rights activists felt they’d won an important victory July…Immigration6 min readImmigration6 min read
Sep 12, 2018Member-onlyOnly the Best PeopleNo President can govern alone. George Washington picked a few of the most prominent revolutionary leaders for his Cabinet, including Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Now the federal government directly employs over 2 million people, and pays millions of others, such as our soldiers. Candidates tell us they will get…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
