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Work and Poverty in the Date Palms

David Bacon photo documents families, homes, and the culture of indigenous Purepecha people from the Mexican state of Michoacan -…

6 years ago

Why a Hardware Store Isn’t Like a Hospital

Laissez-faire capitalism meets the pandemic By James Preston Allen, Publisher Sam at my local hardware store has a supply of…

6 years ago

Coronavirus Stimulus Shows Big Government is Back

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor Speaker Nancy Pelosi was proud of how Democrats transformed the $2 trillion stimulus bill Republicans…

6 years ago

Hawaii: In a Pandemic, No State Is an Island

By David Bacon James "Jiro" Yuda holds a sign at the entrance to the access road to the Hilo, Hawaii,…

6 years ago

The Quarantine

The next time someone tells you that government should be run “like a business,” place them in isolation for 14…

6 years ago

COVID-19: A Time of Reckoning

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor Sunday evening, March 15, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an emergency order in response…

6 years ago

Beyond the EPIC Campaign to End Poverty

Sanders, Upton Sinclair, FDR and Henry Wallace By James Preston Allen, Publisher To some who don’t know 20th century history,…

6 years ago

Super Tuesday Reveals Yawning Divide Between Horse Race and Issues

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor American politics is broken in multiple ways, as Super Tuesday in San Pedro vividly showed…

6 years ago

100 Years of Red-Baiting Will Not Stop Sanders

Dave Arian, Harry Bridges and Bernie Sanders By James Preston Allen, Publisher The sky was overcast on Saturday, Feb. 8…

6 years ago

The Struggle For The Democratic Party’s Soul

By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor “We always tend to blame the wrong people. We blame the banks.” – Michael Bloomberg,…

6 years ago