ulie Driscoll’s look at the long-term effects of the Komen Foundation’s ill-advised decision to strip its funding for Planned Parenthood for what were rather obviously political reasons, led this week’s LA Progressive 10 Most Read articles list.
‘The Market’ Has Chosen the Winner in the Culture Wars
February 7, 2012 By
Tina Dupuy: Of course, the market for Republicans is just like the Bible or the Constitution. They worship it piously as long as they believe it agrees with them.
Komen, We’re Not Done with You Yet
February 4, 2012 By
Julie Driscoll: Komen is between a rock and a hard place: Fund Planned Parenthood and the anti-choice zealots breathe fire; de-fund it and progressives who’ve firmly supported its cause withdraw support and trash it on Facebook and Twitter and blogs.
LA Times: Layoffs, Sabotage and Suicides?
February 1, 2012 By
Steve Mikulan: Ed Padgett was driving in the rain to a union meeting when the L.A. Times called to tell him he was fired. The pressman, a third-generation Times employee, listened in shock.
10 Most This Week Led by Joseph Palermo’s Take on Stephen Colbert
January 31, 2012 By
Joseph Palermo’s look at how humorist Stephen Colbert has gotten under the mainstream media’s skin — “Stephen Colbert Befuddles Even ‘Liberal’ Chuck Todd” — led this week’s LA Progressive 10 Most Read articles.
Rep. Allen West Tries To Walk Back Telling Obama To ‘Get The Hell Out’
January 31, 2012 By
Tanya Somanader: West is engaged in a rapid backpedal, appearing both on CNN and Fox this morning to insist that what he said is not actually what he said.
Top 10 Most Read Led by Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement
January 24, 2012 By
Ed Rampell’s introduction to our series on the “Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement” was LA Progressive’s 10 most read articles for the week running from January 14 to 21st.
Mocking the Mockery
January 22, 2012 By
Berry Craig: Todd’s on the money when he said Colbert is mooning the Fourth Estate. I suspect that’s mostly what got Todd’s goat.
Stephen Colbert Befuddles Even “Liberal” Chuck Todd
January 22, 2012 By
Joseph Palermo: If someone like Todd who represents a “liberal” network can’t see Colbert’s parody for what it is then it truly illustrates how disconnected the corporate media have become.
Hey NBC, Monday’s Debate Panelists Need to Better Represent!
January 22, 2012 By
Linda Milazzo: What’s truly needed in these debates are the images of a diverse blended America – not more monochromatic mirror images of the candidates themselves.
Top 10 Most Read Articles Topped by Mark Naison
January 18, 2012 By
Fordham Professor Mark Naison’s article, “Where is the Love? Thoughts on Teachers and Teaching That Educational Reformers Don’t Seem To Get,” attracted the most readers for articles published between January 7 and 14 by LA Progressive.
From The Editors: Blogger Butts and the Gold Line
January 12, 2012 By
Dick Price: With no commutes to bookend our days — other than the walk down the hall to our office in our home — and no workmates other than each other to remind us that it’s time for lunch or time to leave for the day, we found ourselves working nonstop from morning to night on LA Progressive and its companion, Hollywood Progressive.
10 Most Read This Week Led by Linda Milazzo’s Occupy Rose Parade Coverage
January 10, 2012 By
Topping this week’s top 10 most read articles list is our friend from the carbon world, Linda Milazzo, whose “Just Imagine the Rose Parade Occupied for the People” tied coverage of Occupy Rose Parade preparations with the spirit of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” A native New Yorker, Linda is a life-long activist and educator, starting with [...]
How Occupy Can Leverage Local Government
January 9, 2012 By
Craig Williams: One way of organizing in the Occupy movement might be to get cities to participate in developing democracy — by setting up a system where they engage local residents better on important local political issues, including city council, school board, county commission, and statewide issues.
Sharon Stands Up for “Blah” People on Cenk Uygur’s “The Point”
January 6, 2012 By
Thursday evening, LA Progressive Publisher Sharon Kyle appear on “The Point,” hosted by The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur to discuss Rick Santorum’s “Blah” People and Ellen Barkin’s tweet about being manhandled by New York’s finest.
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