Social Justice Magazine
Each Friday, LA Progressive presents a comment we editors find to be most profound, insightful, or just plain irritating.This week, John comments on "Real Social Security: A Just Distribution of Wealth" by Charles Hayes:Elizabeth Warren is right. People who become wealthy in this country do so because the middle class creates and pays for the stability that allows and facilitates wealth … [Read more...]
Each Friday, LA Progressive presents a comment we editors find to be most profound, insightful, or just plain irritating.This week, Neville Thomas Hawkins JR comments on "Issa's Own Earmarks" by Lee Fang."Mr. Issa, I am a Vietnam-era veteran. I am 64 years old and I have Pulmonary Fibrosis of the lungs. The inside of my lungs are hardening.I was in the U.S. Army from 11/22/1966 to … [Read more...]
ACLU Pasadena-Foothills Looks at Political Hysteria Pasadena, California; August 16, 2011—In observing the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, which quickly spawned the repressive Patriot Act and Homeland Security Department, we might recall that affronts to First Amendment rights to free speech in response to threats from enemies, real and imagined, have a long history in America. If … [Read more...]
Speaker John Perez Under the color of prudent fiscal management, California State Assembly Speaker John Perez recently took another swipe at fellow Democratic Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada/Flintridge), blocking a routine legislative procedure in a move that suggests improper legislative intimidation.As reported in Saturday's Pasadena Star-News, Perez had his office halt a … [Read more...]
An ongoing battle between the powerful Speaker of the California Assembly and a single fellow Democrat known to speak his mind either represents a heavy-handed attempt to enforce party discipline or a prudent exercise in budget management. In either case, the nastiness between Speaker John Perez and Assemblyman Anthony Portantino speaks volumes about the way power is wielded in the era of term … [Read more...]
Tragedy in Tucson Arizona Congressional Representative Gabrielle Giffords has been shot. She was shot in the head as she was addressing constituents at a Tucson, Arizona stripmall. Congresswoman Giffords was immediately taken to a nearby hospital and is listed in critical condition. The Arizona representative was attending an event at a local stripmall in Arizona when she and several others … [Read more...]
Hey, whaddya want from a free publication?Last Sunday, we posted the proposition recommendations made by the Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles. Turns out a few of you weren't too happy with PDLA's positions. One reader commented, "Dick and Sharon, you are dead wrong". Another accused us of disseminating false information.So here's the deal.The opinions expressed in the LA … [Read more...]
Okay, make that two. Sharon and I both like to start our day with a hot cup of joe as we put out the morning newsletter, then rush off to our day jobs. We're looking for 300 of our regular readers who can spare $5 a month to keep us in the rich, aromatic black. Click here if you'd consider being one of them. Or perhaps you could consider a larger one-time donation.When Sharon and I started the … [Read more...]
In "Voices from the Wetlands," veteran reporter Georgianne Nienaber gives a first-hand account of the damage wrecked by the BP oil well disaster on the Louisiana Delta and on the people whose families have lived there for centuries.The first report, "Death is Stalking Us on the Gulf," tells of the Atakapa-Ishak people's attempts to cling to their traditional ways in the southern Louisiana … [Read more...]
John Delloro, a Filipino American labor leader from Southern California and member of the AAA-Fund blog team, died of a heart attack yesterday. John also wrote extensively for the LA Progressive. His articles are listed here.We join the AAA-Fund to send our heartfelt condolences to his friends and family.John was executive director of the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute, national president … [Read more...]
Karl Rove was on ABC's This Week, haranguing the health care reform bill.After my initial reaction of disgust, I asked, "Why Rove? Is he now the font of knowledge on healthcare reform?" Karl Rove is arguably one of the most polarizing political figures in recent times. To my mind, he's never served as an elected official and yet he's often called upon to speak on a broad range of topics on … [Read more...]
After riding a euphoric crest of progressive support into the White House last year, President Barack Obama faces a very different challenge going into 2010: Regaining the trust and support of his own political base. Comment after comment on the LA Progressive survey conducted this past week show that folks who worked so hard to elect the Obama-Biden ticket are deeply dismayed at the first-year … [Read more...]
Ten years ago, at about this time, we were experiencing various degrees of concern over Y2K. People were stocking up on canned goods, filling up their gas tanks, withdrawing money from bank accounts, even stocking up on that all-purpose duct tape for reasons that are beyond us. But shortly after we ushered in the new millennium, we found that the nightmare many forecasted was not to be.Turns … [Read more...]
As the Thanksgiving Weekend comes to an end, the LA Progressive looks back over the year, focusing on the reasons we have to give thanks. There was quite a bit especially compared to where we were the year before So we decided to only list a few and to give you an opportunity to list what you gave thanks for. At the end of the week, we'll compile your answers and come up with the top 100 … [Read more...]
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Friday Feedback: Freedom from Fossil Fuels
Each Friday, LA Progressive presents a comment we editors find to be most profound, insightful, or just plain irritating.This week, Kevin Lynn comments on "The High Cost of Freedom from Fossil Fuels" by Walter Basch:The author fails as most commentators do on the subject to address the real culprit and that is DEMAND. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a proponent of nukes. I see the total … [Read more...]