Social Justice Magazine
This letter was written by an anonymous "fan" of Dr. Laura Schlessinger. It's been posted and published on countless blogs and newspapers. But its such a good read it's worth reposting. Enjoy. Dear Dr. Laura:Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law.I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When … [Read more...]
Pasadena Staged Reading and Panel Discussion Examine Ways to Combat Current Civil Rights Incursions merica's long-held freedoms, admired throughout the world, are under attack in every quarter. Witness the Justice Department deporting undocumented workers at an ever-accelerated rate, while others advocate making their lives so miserable they flee in terror. See our misbegotten "war on terror" in … [Read more...]
n Saturday, April 28th, We Are Women is joining together united in solidarity with all women to make a loud and clear statement that women must be treated as equals deserving dignity and the right to decisions dealing with their own healthcare.Join us here in our group to organize our efforts to make a journey to our State Capital and maybe other key places! Invite your friends to join us here … [Read more...]
iberty Hill Foundation’s annual Upton Sinclair Dinner celebrates and honors community leaders at the front lines of change in Los Angeles and beyond. This year’s recipient of the namesake Upton Sinclair Award is noted Producer-Director-Writer Paris Barclay.The 2012 fundraising gala takes place on May 9 at the Beverly Hilton. Liberty Hill expects more than 600 friends, supporters, and … [Read more...]
10 Most Read LA Progressive Articles April 14 to 21, 20121. Education Reformers and "The New Jim Crow". Mark Naison: Current school reform policies represent a brilliant tactic to avoid dealing with the real causes of poverty and inequality in society, while finding a convenient scapegoat in public school teachers and their unions.2. Naturally, "Motor City Madman" Ted Nugent Dodged the … [Read more...]
ach Friday, LA Progressive presents a comment we editors find to be most profound, insightful, unusual, or even annoying-- we then highlight the comment in an effort to bring attention to the broad range of positions taken by our readers. This week, Reggie Brown comments on Sharon Kyle's "From Sally Hemings to Jaycee Lee Dugard and Trayvon Martin," and then he and Sharon carry on a … [Read more...]
his week, we welcome a new writer to the fold, lawyer and educator Sheria Reid, whose debut article, "The Problem with White Guilt," landed in the second spot behind Julie Discoll's discussion of reports of neo-Nazis showing their grotesque colors in Sanford, Florida, the site of the Trayvon Martin shooting.Triggered as well by the Trayvon Martin shooting and police investigation only … [Read more...]
SPRING IS HERE. WE ARE COMING.THE PLANFor May 1st, 2012 Occupy Los Angeles is organizing around a “4 Winds” People’s Power Car and Bike Caravan through the urban sprawl of Los Angeles that will culminate in Direct Action in and around the Financial District of downtown LA. People from all sectors of the city will have a chance to plug in to the routes from any corner of the city, … [Read more...]
n January 12, 1962, United States Army pilots lifted more than 1,000 South Vietnamese service members over jungle and underbrush to capture a National Liberation Front stronghold near Saigon. Operation Chopper marked America's first combat mission against the Viet Cong, and the beginning of one of our longest and most challenging wars. Through more than a decade of conflict that tested the … [Read more...]
Declaration from Occupy San Francisco General Assembly t has been well-established in declaration and law that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly. We, and our descendants, share common human needs — a sustainable global ecology, adequate food, shelter, health, education, and equal … [Read more...]
ou'll note that women writers took the top three spots this week -- led off by Sikivu Hutchinson's fine examination of the recent Planned Parenthood attack. And they also took five of the top 10.Why is that noteworthy? Because the women who contribute their work to LA Progressive routinely write marvelously, but often much less frequently than our male writers. So it's good to see their work … [Read more...]
he answers to this question--and the perspectives on the current quality of public education in the United States--are as varied and individualized as the 55 million students who attend public school in this country. Recently, legislators in Louisiana, like their counterparts in many other states, have sought to improve their state’s educational climate. They have good reason for doing so--in … [Read more...]
10 Most Read Articles March 24 to April 1 1. Trayvon Martin: White Picket Fences, White Innocence. Sikivu Hutchinson: Fifty-seven years after Emmett Till was lynched in the name of white womanhood, the murder of Trayvon Martin—a beautiful son, friend, and prospective college student—is yet another testament to the terror of white picket fence innocence.2. Obamacare Killing Bottom Line. … [Read more...]
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Friday Feedback: “The Role of the Middle-Class Revisited”
ach Friday, LA Progressive presents a comment we editors find to be most profound, insightful, unusual, or even annoying-- we then highlight the comment in an effort to bring attention to the broad range of positions taken by our readers. This week, Rosalio Munoz comments on Dr. Rodolfo Acuña's article about middle class Latinos he characterizes as Pochos - the gist of which is that Chicanas/os … [Read more...]