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Why Does Homelessness Persist in America’s Finest City?
Housing is Not a Human Right in the US By John Lawrence Why does homelessness persist in the world's richest nation? The simple answer is that having a roof over one's head is not a human right in this...
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Why Do People Hate the Homeless?
They’ll say it’s the smell of excrement. Or the public intoxication. Or the aggressive panhandling. Or the intrusion on their public or private space. People hate what they don't understand. Lots of...
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So Long, Suckers! One Million Uber Jobs Going, Going…
A decision by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen rejecting a legal settlement that would have divided up to $100 million among about 380,000 Uber drivers to resolve claims they’ve been treated as...
View ArticleAn $8.8 Trillion Tab for Millennials to Pay
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams "We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children," is an oft-quoted proverb, frequently used to explain the importance of environmental...
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A Cliffhanger for California Farm Workers Overtime Legislation
Will Agribusiness Interests Buy Some Votes by Monday? The disappointment at the California Capitol building was palpable as the legislature adjourned on Thursday without voting on a bill granting farm...
View ArticleRising Costs of Living [With an Education] in California
Tuition and fees for public colleges in the US rose 80 percent between 2000 and 2014 while American household income fell seven percent during the same period, according to recent data published by...
View ArticleThe Battle Against Plastic Bags in California; A Brief History
By Mitch Silverstein Of the 17 measures on this November’s ballot, two in particular deal specifically with California’s statewide plastic bag ban. Prop 67 presents a fairly straightforward referendum;...
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Happy Labor Day, California Style
Last year my Labor Day column, “Happy Labor Day?: The Jury is Out,” began by starkly pondering the potentially devastating effects a bad Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association ruling at the...
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Buddhist Economics: Economics as if People Mattered
Economics Should Be About People, Not Wall Street In Buddhist economics there is the concept of "right livelihood." Work is considered an essential component of human life just as play and leisure....
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American Consumption Shouldn’t Keep Economy Afloat
This is Part 2 of Buddhist Economics: Economics As If People Mattered. The Buddhist approach is that consumption is merely a means to human well-being. The aim should be to attain a maximum of...
View ArticleFrom Despising Wells Fargo to Creating Democracy at Work
By Frank Henry-Reyes and James Anderson Watching Senator Elizabeth Warren grill the chief executive of Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, as he testified before the Senate Banking Committee last week was a...
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The Ocean Beach Empire of Michael Mills
Slumlord Owns 241 Housing Units in OB Many OBceans struggle long and hard to earn the financial resources to purchase their one house, condo or apartment. Many never obtain enough to make the plunge...
View ArticleAvoiding Privatization’s Slippery Slide
By Donald Cohen / Capital & Main Last Wednesday was a big day for In the Public Interest. We released one of our longest and most wide-ranging reports, How Privatization Is Increasing Inequality....
View ArticleThis National Boss Day, Recognizing Bosses Who Put Their Employees First
By Mikey Knab, Meza Family Restaurant Group On National Boss Day each October 17, some employees show up to the office with an extra coffee, or flowers, or maybe a “#1 Boss” mug, hoping to build a...
View ArticleHope on Wheels
By Linda Hutchison / head wind journal A few years ago, in between jobs, I started hanging out at nearby Mission Bay during the day when I needed a break from my computer. I’d take a beach chair or...
View ArticleLand Use Planning in a ‘Post-Fact’ World? Looking Back on Measures B and C in...
By Lawrence A. Herzog One of the disturbing trends in this turbulent season of national electoral politics was the explosion of uncertainty about information and truth in reporting. The talking points...
View ArticleI Wanna Be a 501(c)3
By Mic Porte I wanna be a 501(c)3 I have a worthy cause and I wanna be The CEO of my favorite charity A big fat salary with vague accountability Endorsed by all my friends with their administrative...
View ArticleRussia + Trump: Oil and Money Mix Nicely
By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos Oil and natural gas aren’t just a part of Russia’s economy, they are the economy. Up until 2014, oil accounted for 50 percent of revenue going into the budget. As long as oil...
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Ocean Beach’s Largest Landlord Adds 10 Units, Immediately Raises Rents
Michael Mills Buys Complex of Studios on Voltaire – Notifies Tenants of 20% Rent Raise The largest landowner – landlord in Ocean Beach, Michael Mills, just purchased a complex of 10 studios on Voltaire...
View ArticleWhy Privatizers Look Forward to 2017
By Donald Cohen / Capital & Main “We’re just going to throw it up against the wall and see if it sticks.” That’s what Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s chief strategist and cofounder of the website...
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