LA Progressive: June 28 to July 4, 2009

Spare Us the Elvis-Michael Comparisons—H. Scott Prosterman

President Obama: Help Bring Paula Home—Denis Campbell

Michael Jackson: The BADDEST Entertainer of Our Generation—Anthony Asadullah Samad

Reflections on Racism—Nadia Hijab

After a Century of Overthrows, What’s Washington’s Role?—Alan McPherson

The Chávez-Castro Connection Lies in a Now Forgotten Chapter of the Cold War—Brian Nelson

What Cap and Trade Programs Are Really About—Hugh Gorman

A Homegoing for My Father—David A. Love

Are We in America? Or Are We in a Jungle Where Only the Fittest Survive?—Nancy Becker Kennedy

AFL-CIO Condemns SEIU Raids on UNITE HERE—Randy Shaw

Peaceful Revolution: What Are Moms Rising Against?—Robert Fuller

Minnesotan Nightmare Ends, Job Openings Available for Right Wing Hate Headline Writers—Denis Campbell

Is Barack Obama’s Realism Better than George W. Bush’s Idealism?—Ivan Eland

Schwarzenegger and the Republicans Cost California $7 Billion—Joseph Palermo

Labor Movement Backs UNITE HERE Against SEIU Raids—Randy Shaw

Immigrant Homebuyers Play Crucial Role in Housing Market Revival—Michele Waslin

Music Video On A Shoestring: Heat Stroke, Heart and Social Media to the Rescue—Georgianne Nienaber

Single-Payers Crashing the Gates—Marcy Winograd

Top Torture Lawyers Still in Government—David Swanson

Anti-Immigrant Group Mistakenly Bashes Cornyn’s ‘Pro-Amnesty’ Stance—Andrea Christina Nill

CIA Crucified Captive in Abu Ghraib Prison—Sherwood Ross

Independence Day Edition!—Ron Wolff

As Labor Faces Turning Point, UNITE HERE National Convention Opens—Randy Shaw

Germany, 1939; America, 2009; And Perverted Science—Sherwood Ross

What is Cap and Trade?—Sharon Kyle

No Nonsense Census—Carl Matthes

Illusion, Reality & Courage in Iran—Carl Bloice