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Connecting the Dots

Between the Waterfront, Minimum Wage, Homelessness, Free Trade By James Preston Allen, Publisher   So, one day, this guy walks…

10 years ago

The Great Homeless Debate

Whack-a-mole enforcement in a city spending $87 million on policing the homeless, and no solution in sight By James Preston…

10 years ago

Taking Sides

We Can Be Pro-Business and Pro-Labor By James Preston Allen, Publisher   I recently found myself involved in a very…

10 years ago

The Law of Unintended Consequences Part II

James Preston Allen, Publisher The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. —Finley Peter…

10 years ago

The Persistence of Memory

Nostalgia for a Past that No Longer Exists By James Preston Allen, Publisher Nostalgia hangs over this harbor area like…

11 years ago

Fractured Perspectives

From the Waterfront to Gaffey Street and Beyond James Preston Allen, Publisher   I am thinking today about the famous…

11 years ago

Bias in the Corporate Media: What goes unreported when discussing labor on the waterfront

By James Preston Allen, Publisher After nine months of negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific…

11 years ago

Connecting the Dots on the Waterfront

To the future and the past of the communities surrounding the ports By James Preston Allen, Publisher The showdown between…

11 years ago

The Law of Unintended Consequences

When the Ports Impacts of Operations Become Community Problems James Preston Allen, Publisher Someone much wiser than I once said,…

11 years ago

American Justice on Trial

When the War Comes Home James Preston Allen, Publisher On Sept.11, 2001, America reacted to the attacks on the Twin…

11 years ago