Whatever Trump Is, It’s Genuine
By Michael-Leonard Creditor No, I don’t like it. But that’s just because what’s occurring in the new administration is against my politics and social outlook. Nor do I agree with it. This is a wrong...
View ArticleSeize the Charities
Private charity will never cure capitalism’s ills. Only working-class organizations can do that. By Patrick Stall / Jacobin The holidays are upon us. ’Tis the season of altruistic volunteers in Santa...
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War on the Poor Starts Soon
The Safety Net Will Soon be in Shreds The Trump administration will take over in a couple weeks. Essential benefits for tens of millions of low-and moderate-income Americans are in danger of being...
View ArticleReaders Write: No! to Minimum Wage Surcharge on Restaurant Bills
By John Loughlin Restaurateurs make a political statement by adding a surcharge to ‘cover’ the cost of paying the poorest workers a higher wage. The Union-Tribune article helpfully provides a list of...
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Building Trades Allow Themselves to Be Played Like Fools
By Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money Emperor Tangerine invited the building trade union leaders in for a meeting yesterday and boy were they excited. At a meeting with the leaders of several...
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Gov. Brown: ‘California is Not Turning Back. Not Now, Not Ever.’
State of the State Address / Office of the Governor This is California, the sixth most powerful economy in the world. One out of every eight Americans lives right here and 27 percent - almost eleven...
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One-Third of Working Age Families in San Diego Can’t Make Ends Meet
Latest data shows more than 1 million people living in families with incomes too low for expenses Center on Policy Initiatives A new report from the Center on Policy Initiatives finds that a third...
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Top 10 Companies to Boycott Because of Trump Products or Money
There is a nation-wide group that is organizing a boycott of companies that carry Trump products, or are owned by Trump or have other relationships with him. It's call #GrabYourWallet and they believe...
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Union Density in San Diego Below State Average
By Murtaza Baxamusa There were about 185 thousand union members in San Diego, based on surveys by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2016. About 110 thousand of these...
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Inequality in America: Incomes Collapsing for Bottom 50% as Top 1% Soars
While most of us were busy watching the Trump administration and their crack team of “populist” millionaires light the world on fire, a new study released by Thomas Piketty, Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas...
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CalPERS Joins Investors Calling on Banks to Address Concerns About Dakota...
By Dan Bacher / Daily Kos On February 17, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) officials announced they are joining over 100 fellow investors asking major U.S. and international...
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How San Diego’s Downtown Housing Supply Boom is Making Rent Less Affordable
By Murtaza Baxamusa / UrbDeZine Having invested a billion and a half dollars of public funds in downtown redevelopment, it is worth asking if it helped or hindered in solving the affordable housing...
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Cities and States Prefer Public Banks To Wall Street
Profits Can Stay In State, Provide Local Funding Alarmed by the corruption and greed of Wall Street, many US cities and states are studying the feasibility of establishing public banks. Public banks...
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Economist Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate, Dead at 95
Kenneth Arrow, Nobel prize winning economist, passed away February 21, 2017 at the age of 95 at his home near Stanford University where he was Professor Emeritus. He was the youngest person ever to win...
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Readers Write: Piercing The North County Bubble I’ve Put My Children In
My kids experience little socioeconomic diversity – am I doing them a disservice? By Rachel Stewart Johnson, Ph.D. I grew up in a working class neighborhood outside Denver. It was a suburban tract...
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These 156 Lawmakers Support Expanding, Not Cutting, Social Security. Does Yours?
Bill to expand Social Security 'gives lie to the myth' that safety net program is going bankrupt By Deidre Fulton / Common Dreams Legislation that would expand benefits for Social Security recipients...
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Readers Write: San Diego Tenants United on Rent Control
By Rafael Bautista / San Diego Tenants United San Diego is the 4th most expensive city in the United States. It is considered the second worst city for renters in the country and it is the largest city...
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Opposing Trump’s “Moral Chaos,” People’s Budget Offers Roadmap for Resistance
"It's one thing to oppose President Trump and expose his broken promises to workers, but it's also important to lay out a positive path forward" By Deidre Fulton / Common Dreams The Congressional...
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Inequality Makes Us Sad
The Great Recession, a new study shows, has driven the sharpest decline in reported happiness since researchers started collecting consistent data. By Josh Hoxie / Inequality.Org On average, our...
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How Well Can One Eat For Less Than $5 A Day? My Family Is About To Find Out.
By Dave Rice / OB Rag How well can one eat for less than $5 a day? My family is about to find out. According to the latest available statistics, 285,000 people in San Diego County receive Supplemental...
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