Bernie Sanders: ‘Greed Is Not Good’
By United States Senator Bernie Sanders / Common Dreams The American people are catching on. They understand that something is profoundly wrong when, in our country today, the top one-tenth of 1...
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San Diego Police Impound Tiny Shelter, Arrest Homeless Man
A wooden box is not a home...but... Part three of the quartet of storms pounding San Diego this week is in full force as I sit here at my computer. The alert goes off on my phone signaling a flash...
View ArticleCalls for Michigan Gov. Snyder’s Arrest as Flint Poisoning Scandal Implicates...
'To poison all the children in an historic American city is no small feat' By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams Calls for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's ouster—and arrest—are growing after internal emails...
View ArticleExcerpt From Sunshine/Noir II: The Future of Post-Bordernity
The wall is the materialized representation of this idea of a border. In English people call it a “fence” and in the U.S. that fence means “defense”; something that in American minds brings protection....
View Article“The Big Short” and Bernie’s Plan to Bust Up Wall Street
By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org If you haven’t yet seen “The Big Short” – directed and co-written by Adam McKay, based on the non-fiction prize-winning book by Michael Lewis about the housing and...
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Emergency Shelter for San Diego’s Most Vulnerable
Using school data, we can prove that close to 10,000 families in San Diego County are homeless and are not included in the Point-in-Time Count (PITC) that is conducted every year throughout the country...
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The State of the State: Gov. Brown is Okay, Unless You’re Republican
The high season is upon us, the time of year when elected officials offer addresses on how our state is faring — overviews of California and its local governments. Mayor Faulconer will host his...
View ArticleFrom Hockey Star To Homeless: Craig Miller Dies on Christmas Day In Ocean Beach
By Vera Sanchez and Sunny Rey Most people celebrate Christmas by unwrapping surprises, with the smell of coffee, the sound of giggles, and the warmth of a crowded house. But Dec. 25, 2015, is the day...
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San Diego: A City Gone Full Circle, from Imperialism to Neo-imperialism
from the original San Diego Free Press, circa 1969 In a nutshell, the history of San Diego dates from its discovery as an object of Spanish imperialism to its present-day status as a base for U.S....
View ArticleUltra-Rich ‘Philanthrocapitalist’ Class Undermining Global Democracy: Report
As foundations and wealthy individuals funnel money into global development, what "solutions" are they pursuing? By Sarah Lazare / CommonDreams From Warren Buffett to Bill Gates, it is no secret that...
View ArticleSix Years After Citizens United, Call to ‘Reclaim Democracy’ Louder than Ever
Reformers are hopeful President Barack Obama will issue an executive order requiring current government contractors to disclose their political contributions. By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams On the...
View ArticleExcerpt From Sunshine/Noir II: Living and Working In Poverty
Grim Reality in "America’s Finest City" By Susan Duerksen “Living in poverty” is one of those shorthand terms that rolls easily off the tongues of news anchors and politicians before they turn to the...
View ArticleA Beach, Burb, and Billionaire “Citizens’ Plan” for San Diego’s Urban...
Editor's Note: Some months ago Attorney Cory Briggs and others rolled out the “Citizens’ Plan for the Responsible Management of Major Tourism and Entertainment Resources,” better known as the Citizens...
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Rebuild San Diego: Snake Oil or Cure for Local Infrastructure?
This week local politicos will be making the rounds, led by Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Councilman Mark Kersey, promising to repair San Diego’s infrastructure. Potholes big enough to be named,...
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Get Ready for the Market Crash and Recession of 2016
Oil is less than $30. a barrel. This is over three times less than what it costs just to buy the barrel itself! Iran has been accepted back into the world community and is revving up to sell its oil on...
View ArticleNuclear Shutdown News – January 2016
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press On the last day of last year San Diego's NBC 7 TV ran a story "Portions of San Onofre May Be Contaminated." The San Onofre nuclear plant unexpectedly and...
View ArticleThe Lessons of Porter Ranch
By Nicola Peill-Moelter, Ph.D. / SanDiego 350.org The massive leak at the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility is a stark example of why natural gas is a...
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Pinyon-Juniper Forests: BLM is a Ranching Industry Tool
By Will Falk Public lands ranching is destroying the Western United States. It has pushed native plant species to the brink of extinction. It causes soil to erode so quickly the land cannot keep up....
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Hoteliers Not-A-Tax Scheme Headed to Trial
San Diego’s big hotel barons have suffered a significant defeat as their two percent self-assessment/fee/not-a-tax surcharge is headed for its day of reckoning in the courts. Superior Court Judge Joel...
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Some Market Thoughts on Short-Term Rentals in San Diego
The topic of short-term rentals in San Diego continues to be debated and potential rules / changes to rules will be a hot topic in 2016. After ending 2015 with a well attended Planning Commission...
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