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Which way, LA: Bass or the Billionaire?

Backwards or forwards in mayor’s race “First of all, I do not, I never have, supported defund the police,” congresswoman…

3 years ago

Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges The Bullet For Now

In one small section residents and supporters erected several small homes and a common area for meetings, entertainment and other…

3 years ago

How to Stop the GOP From Killing Medicare, Social Security, and Us

POLITICAL WATCH - It’s The Ronald Reagan Memorial Competition: which Republican can make the rich richer and the poor poorer…

3 years ago

Can American Democracy Survive the “Fake News” Crisis

If the Biden administration were to enforce the nation’s antitrust laws and break up the media conglomerates, or Congress were…

3 years ago

Jan. 6 Hearings End — Not With A Bang, But A Whimper

The Jan. 6 Committee hearings ended not with a bang, but a whimper. “I don’t want to say the election…

3 years ago

Climate Justice Concerns Echo in 710 Fwy Planning

On July 24, the world’s first named heatwave — Category 3 Zoe — hit Seville, Spain, with temperatures over 110…

3 years ago

Let’s Acknowledge Why This November’s Elections Look So Bleak for Democrats: Joe Biden

In hopes of avoiding a disaster for Democrats this November, some progressives are joining the #DontRunJoe campaign that I helped…

3 years ago

Jan. 6 Capitol Invasion Secretly Planned In Advance

Far from being something unforeseeable that got out of hand, the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the United States Capitol…

3 years ago

‘Someone Else’s Ocean’ — Ports Should Serve the Public, New Report Argues

The world’s ocean shipping lines, primarily concentrated into just three shipping alliances, generated about $190 billion in profits last year,…

3 years ago

EXCERPT— Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness

This anger wasn’t confined to the Tea Party event, it felt intimately familiar. It was the same anger and sense…

3 years ago