Plugging Pasadena’s School-to-Prison Pipeline. The policy was then to educate the middle class kids, but to not educate poor White, Latino and African-American kids. These policies continue, wrapped up in words of sweet kindness and deeds of destruction. –Dick Price Forget “Greenest City in America,” LA’s the “Meanest.” For all the talk and political pandering [...]
This Week in the LA Progressive: March 29 to April 4
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Equal Access, Equal Justice Rejecting Post-Raciality: An Ode to the Life of John Hope Franklin. Franklin proved that within our story is America’s story and America “Negro problem” was a refusal to acknowledge the equality of black America. –Anthony Asadullah Samad Diddy’s Dumb Deed. My “sistas” are finally no longer making excuses for self-haters. Why [...]
This Week in The LA Progressive: March 15 to 21, 2009
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Averting the Greater Depression The Rich Countries’ Faltering “United Front.” During the 1930s, Europe and the U.S. were also unable to agree on a common strategy, which led to a worldwide trade war and the plunge into depression. –Carl Bloice Economic Recovery Will Be More than Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan. But then, this economic [...]
LAUSD Superintendent David Brewer Speaks After Ouster
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In his first public appearance since his contract was bought out by the Los Angeles Board of Education, Superintendent David Brewer said his ouster will only make a bad situation worse
Grassroots Movement to Give American Homeowners a Bailout – Anthony Samad’s Tips of the Week
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Tip 1: Grassroots Movement to give American Homeowners a bailout There is a grassroots and on-line movement to get Congress to give American homeowners the same kind of bailout they are giving Wall Street. Many people, including Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Clinton and others are asking for banks to write down subprime mortgages given during the [...]
LA County Board of Supervisors Race: A Choice of Substance Over Symbolism (& Trickaration)
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For the first time in 16 years (and only the second time in 40 years), the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Seat in the Second District has a vacancy. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is one of the three most powerful seats in America, serving as both executive and legislative with no “check [...]
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