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McOsker Motion Could Lead To Closure of Rancho LPG

The motion is just the first step in a long process, but it appears to be an unequivocal one —…

2 years ago

Life After Mother: Magical Thinking, a Sense of Disbelief

   “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it…

2 years ago

Monopoly in Media: How Big Money Controls the Stories We Tell

Thirteen years later, Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which led to an even more startling concentration of…

2 years ago

Close-up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter

Last weekend, on Egypt’s border at the crossing to Rafah, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: "Here from this crossing, we…

2 years ago

Back to the Future: Controversy Over California’s Clean Transportation Plan

Another joint comment — signed by 30 groups, including Earthjustice, SEIU, 350.org and Communities for a Better Environment — warned…

2 years ago

Bodies of Water

Water is the next, and perhaps final, frontier in the environmental push to save our planet. We are four years…

2 years ago

Dancing Waters Is Gone. Who Benefits?

So what would a more ethical, sustainable approach to development look like? “Actually responding to local housing needs rather than…

2 years ago

Women’s History Month Profile Meet LA Harbor Commissioner Diane Middleton: A Champion for Civil Rights and Worker Advocacy

  By Melani Morose Edelstein, Columnist The indomitable spirit of San Pedro’s own civil rights activist Diane Middleton burns bright.…

2 years ago

Back to the Future: Controversy Over California’s Clean Transportation Plan

Almost 80% of California’s $4 billion clean transportation program went to subsidizing combustion fuels, rather than zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure…

2 years ago

The Press Freedom Case of the Century

A 2011 Associated Press review of sources, whom the State Department claimed were most at risk from publication of the cables, uncovered…

2 years ago