Mounting the Assault on Big Gay and Other Drivel From SDSU’s Minimum Wage...
A congressional hearing on the economic consequences of a $15 hourly minimum wage was cancelled this week due to revelations about bigotry penned under the guise of satire by one of its primary...
View ArticleMemo to Democratic ‘Giga-Majority’ in Sacramento: Don’t Forget Who Sent You...
November’s Blue Wave gives California’s Democratic legislature the opportunity to do more than simply resist the Trumpian agenda. If they move wisely, the Golden State will serve as an example of...
View ArticleHow the Wealthy Destroy Public Schools, One Gift at a Time
By Jeff Bryant / Campaign for America's Future News about wealthy folks giving millions to education draw both praise and criticism. But two new reports by public education advocacy groups reveal the...
View ArticleCensus Data: More Work, Less Pay for San Diegans
From the Center on Policy Initiatives More San Diegans were working in 2017, but their earnings lost ground. The median household income in the City of San Diego jumped to $76,662, up 5% from 2016,...
View ArticleJudd Legum Explains the Stats That Voters Should Know About Trump’s Economy |...
Judd Legum presents three facts about the economy that will help to put into context any claims by this administration about how great the economy is doing. [Read more...]
View ArticleHow City Heights Is Trying To Protect Its Multicultural Roots | Video Worth...
KPBS’ Tarryn Mento reports that the City Heights Economic Development Collaborative is seeking California Cultural District designation for the Little Saigon area of City Heights. If successful it will...
View ArticleIs Bank of America ‘Just Following Orders’ by Asking Citizenship Status...
It’s not just ICE and local bigots harassing immigrants and people who they think might be immigrants anymore. Activists are claiming U.S. financial institutions, encouraged by the Department of...
View ArticleMay Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Anti-Austerity Protesters with Pepper...
Disaster capitalism hits Puerto Rico. PROMESA, the board appointed by Congress to oversee Puerto Rico's economy, is calling for, among other things, the privatization of the school system and a 10% cut...
View ArticleDear Ohio: An Open Letter to the Bellwether State, Part 4
Dear Ohio, This is my fourth letter to you, my sister state, for we are all sons and daughters of this democracy, however embattled it now may be. And it must be remembered that in modern times, no...
View ArticleHealth Care is Still the Number One Economic Issue
By David Akadjian / Daily Kos Since the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, there’s been a lot of talk about reasonable gun violence prevention laws. If you look at surveys, most people support...
View ArticleRent Control in California: Seven Myths and Seven Solutions for Protecting...
Rent control can help solve California’s housing affordability and homelessness crisis by decreasing displacement and protecting the rights and dignity of working families, the elderly, and long-term...
View ArticleHow to Make Housing More Affordable in San Diego
By Murtaza Baxamusa / SanDiegoUrbDeZine There isn't enough affordable housing being built in the city of San Diego. Lenders and banks aren't lending as much, apartment owners aren't caring, and...
View ArticleTo Protest Racist Comments and Policies, Walkout Planned for Trump’s Davos...
By Julia Conley / Common Dreams Several attendees of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are planning to walk out of President Donald Trump's speech at the summit on Friday afternoon, in...
View Article‘Billionaire Boom’: World’s Richest 1% Took 82% of All New Wealth in 2017,...
By Jon Queally / Common Dreams Call it the 'Year of the Billionaire.' In 2017, a new billionaire was created every two days and while 82 percent of all wealth created went to the top 1 percent of the...
View ArticleA Powerful Economic Justice Movement Is Brewing, Even in This Dark Time
An American Democracy Movement is fighting brutal capitalism and the culture of blame. By Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen / AlterNet In this tumultuous world, one thing seems certain: today’s dire...
View ArticleCamperForce – the Nomadic Workforce That Powers Amazon | Video Worth Watching
From the Vimeo website: For nearly a decade, Amazon has recruited thousands of RVers for a seasonal labor unit called CamperForce. Adapted from the book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First...
View ArticleThe Republican Lie About Debt Revealed | Video Worth Watching
All In’s Chris Hayes explains why we shouldn’t believe Republicans who say they care about debt. After pushing fiscal austerity under President Obama, stalling the recovery, Republicans abandoned debt...
View ArticleBrian Alexander’s ‘Glass House’: Examining Industrial Grief in the Heartland
By Peter Zschiesche For those of us in California, the older industrial belt of the Midwest including Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and western Pennsylvania, is a world away from us regarding immigration...
View ArticleTreasury Secretary Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Ross, Putin’s son-in-law...
Q: What do Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Putin’s son-in-law Kirill Shamalov and offshore islands have in common? A: The Paradise Papers. Here is Democracy Now!’s Amy...
View ArticleThe Underlying Agenda of Trump’s Tax Reform
While there are convincing arguments being made about how the GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act favors the rich and disses the poor, the real danger in this legislation lies in its underlying social...
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