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ILWU Contract May Hinge on TraPac Automationnew

How far will new technologies go in replacing the workforce?
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James Preston Allen and Publisher |
10-03-2014 |
Business & Labor
The Shortest Distance from Missouri to Los Angelesnew

Before Michael Brown was shot six times by a Ferguson, Mo. police officer about two weeks ago, no one ever thought much or even heard of this small community outside of St. Louis. No one considered the mounting problems of many small Midwest towns in red states like this one, who have suffered through the great recession with job losses.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-22-2014 |
Race & Class
Charlie Beck in the Crossfirenew

Accessing LAPD reforms, leadership and the contract.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-07-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Building On the Public's Dimenew
It seems like every time certain private investors come up short on their grand development ideas, they want to beg, borrow or steal, money from the public purse with the best of intentions.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
06-18-2012 |
Housing & Development
The Cost of War— The One We Didn’t Winnew
No matter how much we have spent on the “reconstruction” of Iraq, we have left a nation in ruins.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
09-07-2010 |
War
Hate, Taxes and the Expectation of Changenew
This country is not as tolerant nor sophisticated or civilized as we like to believe and yet we criticize other countries for their extremists.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
07-05-2009 |
Policy Issues
Silence of the Cranes: The Sound of Recessionnew
It is not every day that you can walk out on the streets of this bustling port town and comment on how quiet it is. Enough so that in the middle of the Port of Los Angeles' executive meeting this week, the silence of the cranes slipped into the room and begged the obvious question, "Is this the sound of the great recession of 2009?"
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
03-25-2009 |
Economy
Tags: Port of Los Angeles, recession