Opinion

America Is Dangerously Out of Balance and Needs Self-Reliance

Thanks to neoliberal “free trade” policies, we can’t build aircraft or cars or even advanced weapons without components sourced from…

4 years ago

Profiteering Foreign Shipping Companies Versus U.S. Workers

By Frank Ponce De Leon, ILWU Coast Committeeman The multi-billion-dollar foreign container shipping industry has profited mightily during the pandemic…

4 years ago

On Phasing out Oil in Long Beach

By Miles Aiello, Founder of the OTTER  Coalition It was a beautiful day with little clouds in the sky on…

4 years ago

Op/Ed Reflection’s On This Year’s Palestine Day – By A Former Israeli Refusenik

It was my first time listening to Palestinian folk songs. The lyrics had the same themes as Hebrew folk songs…

4 years ago

Op-ed: Oil Spill Shows Why We Need Climate Investments in Build Back Better Act

As a major oil spill off the coast of Southern California dumps oil into the Pacific Ocean, closes beaches and…

4 years ago

Vacation Rental Ordinance

By Kevin James In 2018, the City of Los Angeles adopted its Home-Sharing Ordinance which requires that short-term rentals must…

4 years ago

Another Water Year And Another Stupid Drought Resolution

Let’s Stop The Insanity of Repeating History And Expecting Something Different! By Albert Robles The 1st of October in California…

4 years ago

Trumka: From union militant to liberal democrat

I appreciated the tribute to former United Mine Workers of America president, Richard Trumka, whom I had an opportunity to…

4 years ago

Mississippi, COVID-19 and Truth

[Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick's] ill-conceived assertions reflect the unfortunate reality that people can easily, dangerously spin fiction into fact, and…

4 years ago

Ezmerai Ahmadi: A Personal Update On Afghanistan

War is never an end in itself. It’s peace that is wanted. A greater peace than we have had.

4 years ago