The Works Progress Administration (WPA):”This Day in Labor History: May 6, 1935″
By Erik Loomis/ Lawyers, Guns & Money On May 6, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 7034 creating the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Passed and funded by Congress...
View ArticleHow Cities Can Be Designed to Help—or Hinder—Sharing
By Jay Walljasper/Yes! Centuries before someone first uttered the words “sharing economy,” the steady rise of cities embodied both the principles and promise of that phrase. The reason more than half...
View ArticleRide through National Bike Month with These Local Events
The SDFP is switching gears from National Poetry Month to National Bike Month. There are several events throughout the month of May for avid and amateur cyclists alike. If you know of an event not...
View ArticlePublic Banking Advocate, Ellen Brown, Is Running For California State Treasurer
By John Lawrence Ellen Brown, author of the Public Bank Solution, is running for California State Treasurer. The primary election takes place June 3. There are three candidates. Two will advance to the...
View ArticleWe’re NOT Number 1: Guess Which Country Now Has a More Affluent Middle Class...
America's rich are surging ahead, but the rest are falling behind. What happened? By Lynn Stuart Parramore / Alternet Fancy living up in Canada? Granted, it’s a bit chilly. But the middle class up...
View ArticleCapitalism: A Comparison of Marx and Piketty
By John Lawrence Thomas Piketty's new book Capital in the Twenty-First Century begs comparison with Karl Marx' Das Kapital written in 1867. The two books are alike in the sense that they both point out...
View ArticleSan Ysidro Bi-National Multi-Modal Transit Center
By Beryl Forman The City of San Diego’s 700 block of East San Ysidro Boulevard is likely the most integral property to activate the San Diego/Tijuana Bi-national Border Region, as high level economic...
View ArticleSan Diego Fast-Food Employees Strike for Higher Pay and Better Rights On May 15
San Diego joins 150-city strike as worker campaign spreads across the globe to three dozen countries and six continents By Staff The fast food industry is an issue that isn't going away. Front line...
View ArticleFederal Regulators Issue Proposed Rules that Would Kill Open and Equal...
A caste system, based on segregating content and users by speed and wealth. By Steven Rosenfeld / Alternet The Federal Communication Commission has begun to kill the Internet as most people know it,...
View ArticleA Penny’s Worth of Thoughts
By Bob Dorn A cute little plate on our kitchen counter top is obscured by the pennies it holds. Inevitably, the pennies mount up. If I changed every penny in that bowl into dollars I’d have… about a...
View ArticleStraight from the Pit of Hell: Lethal Injections, the Truth about Turd...
The SDFP Science Corner, because science is now a liberal conspiracy By Anna Daniels It has been an amazing week in science. The bones of the world's largest dinosaur were discovered in Argentina,...
View ArticleAnother Look at Thomas Piketty’s “Law of Inequality”
By Frank Thomas This is a follow-up to the article Capitalism: A Comparison of Marx and Piketty by John Lawrence. Utilizing massive historical documentation, Thomas Piketty argues that as returns to...
View ArticleCA Fracking Moratorium Bill Defeated by Oil Industry Lobby
By Dan Bacher / Indybay.org The California State Senate failed to pass SB 1132, legislation authored by Senators Holly Mitchell and Mark Leno that would have stopped hydraulic fracturing and other...
View ArticleThe Bahati Mamas : Seeds for Change
Chasing Freedom and Opportunity By Binti Musa / AjA Blog The Bahati Mamas are a group of five Somali Bantu women living in City Heights who started their own farming business. The women are Somali...
View ArticleRepublican States Could Cut Uninsured Rate by 60 Percent With Medicaid Expansion
By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos Over half—56 percent—of previously uninsured people got assistance to get coverage under Obamacare through expanded Medicaid, CHIP, or subsidized private coverage, and if...
View Article5 Ways Massive Inequality Is Paralyzing American Society
Progressive thinkers can't afford to disagree among ourselves as paralysis sets in. By Paul Buchheit / AlterNet The severing of our society into a plutocracy and a peasantry is so far along that...
View ArticleFrom Unist’ot’en Camp: Responsibility, Not Rights
Not all worldviews are created equal By Will Falk May 19, 2014 I thought this as I sat listening to Mel, a Wet'suwet'en man, explain the ideas behind the establishment of the Unist'ot'en Camp. It was...
View ArticleWalmart’s Top-to-Bottom Taxpayer Subsidies
We're all footing the bill for bonuses the company's executives pocket and food stamps its underpaid workers obtain for survival. By Frank Clemente and Sarah Anderson / OtherWords Low-income families...
View ArticleSan Diego Chamber & Taxpayer Group Call for Ending Child Labor Laws
By Doug Porter A downtown press conference staged by the Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego County Taxpayers Association called for the elimination of child labor laws today, based on a new study...
View ArticleBig Tobacco Planned on Big Pot Sales in the 70s—They Were Just Waiting for...
Documents reveal they've viewed marijuana as both a rival and potential product. By Stanton Glantz / Alternet It turns out that the history of Big Tobacco companies and marijuana is more intertwined...
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