Project Censored 2012-13: The Human Costs of Corporate Propaganda
By Jim Miller Projected Censored recently released their list of the “Top 25 Most Censored Stories of 2012-13.” As I noted in a column about last year’s list, Project Censored’s definition of...
View ArticleAbsent Progressive Uproar, Social Security and Medicare Face Axe
The lines are being drawn for a 'Grand Bargain' and the Democrats' continued willingness to give away role as defenders of safety net and earned benefit programs, say critics, is deeply worrying By Jon...
View ArticleAmerica’s Wealthy Are Even Wealthier And Have A New Name: Point-Seveners
America has 45,000 citizens worth more than $50 million. By Steven Rosenfeld/ Alternet The old cliché is true. The rich are getting richer. And there’s a new name for the upward transfer of wealth and...
View ArticleTijuana’s Avant Garde Mom Store
By Beryl Foreman In 2003, Rashad Marx, who was just 19, opened The Source, a boutique in Tijuana dedicated to independent design and graffiti art. He sourced most of the clothing from north of the...
View ArticleControversial Privatization Expert Hired by Interim Mayor Todd Gloria
By Doug Porter While many San Diegans are focused on the election promises of the four major candidates contending for top job at city hall, interim Mayor Todd Gloria’s made one move that could have a...
View ArticleWhy Kevin Faulconer Has a Chance, But Shouldn’t
Despite a large disadvantage in voter registration numbers, Republican Kevin Faulconer remains the frontrunner in the November 19 mayoral special election. By Andy Cohen San Diego is sort of an odd...
View ArticleHeartless for the Holidays
Why do rich and powerful people engage in callous behavior? By Sam Pizzigati / Otherwords Scrooge has come early this year. He’s already kicking our Tiny Tims. This holiday season, kids in America’s...
View ArticleFletcher Floundering, Alvarez Ascending, and Other Tales of Fear and Loathing...
By Jim Miller This just in: it appears that Nathan Fletcher’s claims of inevitability have evaporated as the race to meet Kevin Faulconer in the run off is a dead heat leaning Alvarez heading into the...
View ArticleIn San Diego, Taxpayers Want More than What They Pay For
At KNSJ Mayoral Forum, candidates unwilling to discuss raising city revenues. By Andy Cohen Last night I had the opportunity to represent the San Diego Free Press as a panelist in the KNSJ mayoral...
View ArticleThe Ripple Effect of Low-Wage Work
By Luke Reidenbach/California Budget Bites A new report from the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) estimates the public costs of low-wage work...
View ArticleCalifornia Oil Company Fined for Illegally Discharging Fracking Fluid
By Dan Bacher/Indybay The oil industry in California has constantly claimed that fracking (hydraulic fracturing) for oil and natural gas is "safe" and doesn't harm the environment. "An honest appraisal...
View ArticleLabor’s Ground Game Made the Difference in Alvarez Win
By Doug Porter Mayoral candidate David Alvarez isn’t taking the victory laps today on the morning talk shows. He can’t. He completely lost his voice talking to voters as the special election neared....
View ArticleOB Bamboo Bicyclist Lives to Inspire “Earth-Friendly Lifestyles”
Activist to Give Away Free Seeds By Rob Greenfield This spring I left my comfortable beachside home in sleepy Ocean Beach to wake America up. On April 16th I hopped into a van with a stranger from a...
View ArticleCEOs Against Grandmas
The loudest calls for Social Security cuts are coming from CEOs who will never have to worry about their own retirement security By Sarah Anderson / OtherWords.org David Cote, the CEO of Honeywell, has...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Advice To Underpaid Employees: Break Food Into Pieces To Keep You...
The "advice" was published on the “McResource” website, meant to give tips to fast-food workers. By Alex Kane / Alternet The latest friendly advice from McDonald’s to their low-wage workers includes...
View ArticleHow the Republican Tempest Over the Affordable Care Act Diverts Attention...
By Robert Reich /RobertReich.org Having failed to defeat the Affordable Care Act in Congress, to beat it back in the last election, to repeal it despite more than eighty votes in the House, to stop it...
View ArticleWho Deserves Our Thanks for Truly American Food?
Until 1492, Europeans had never tried potatoes, cranberries, corn, or turkey. By Jill Richardson / OtherWords.org What do turkey, sweet potatoes, and cranberries have in common? Yes, you eat them on...
View ArticleWhy Poor People Make Terrible Decisions — And the Perfect Sense Behind Them
By Linda Tirado / Killer Martinis There's no way to structure this coherently. They are random observations that might help explain the mental processes. But often, I think that we look at the academic...
View ArticleJust Say No! To a Depressingly Grey Thursday and Black Friday at Walmart
By Doug Porter It’s the last week in November and Americans are supposed to be in a frenzied holiday mode. It’s one of the rare times when Hanukkah and Thanksgiving converge. There are even recipes in...
View ArticleWalmart Workers Plan Raucous Black Friday
By Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Walmart workers are gearing up for Black Friday with a series of short strikes around the country this week, including in California, Florida, Minnesota, Washington, Ohio,...
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