james preston allen

The Intersection Between Labor Rising and MAGA

These workers who distrust the “elites” are kept ill-informed and continually keep getting tricked into voting for a man or…

2 years ago

The Dream Was Delayed But It’s Still The Vision

While the MLK Dream speech is regularly misquoted by the right, the full meaning of that march was about “jobs…

2 years ago

Random Letters: 7-22-21

On the Buscaino Grants (RLn, “Joe Announces Winners of ‘Buscaino Grants,’ July 8-21, 2021)  I have respected your reporting in…

4 years ago

The Most Insidious Form of Censorship

Not being invited to the meeting I was reminded this week that one of the subtlest yet insidious forms of…

4 years ago

Economic Refugees and Safe Encampments

I find it curious that on the very night that the last Los Angeles City Council District 15 homeless working…

4 years ago

Five Lessons from a Year of Pandemic

Not that the pandemic is over yet, but the end does seem to be cautiously near. I am, however, tired…

4 years ago

Buscaino’s Hammer and Nails Solutions

By James Preston Allen, Publisher Joe Buscaino was first elected to the Los Angeles City Council District 15 on Jan.…

5 years ago

Dystopian Gaslighting

Emerging from the orange fog of false conspiracies I actually know some fairly rational citizens who, because of their diet…

5 years ago

Grand Old Party of Law and Order

Gets caught red handed breaking the law As far back as I can recall, Republicans have branded their party as…

5 years ago

California is Getting Played, Again

Don’t fall for the Recall Newsom scam The California GOP, after having no majority in the state legislature and none…

5 years ago