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Anatomy of a Facebook Uprisingnew

The Neighborhood Council motion that sparked citywide reaction.
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James Preston Allen |
09-10-2015 |
Commentary
Don’t Kill the Messengernew

The USS Iowa, ILWU/TraPac Dispute and the Tale of Gary Webb.
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James Preston Allen and Publisher |
10-17-2014 |
Commentary
First Amendment in Jeopardynew

Censorship of freedom at Los Angeles Superior Courts revealed.
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James Preston Allen |
07-25-2014 |
Commentary
When the City Attorney Comes to Townnew

Feuer Announces Renewed Neighborhood Prosecutor Efforts
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James Preston Allen |
06-27-2014 |
Commentary
Raining On The Ukrainian Paradenew
Hate to rain on anyone’s parade, but let’s get off this thing about poor picked on Ukraine standing up for freedom against the big evil Russians.
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Zamna Avila |
03-17-2014 |
Commentary
Obamacare – Left, Right, Center

Another fine mess you've got us in.
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James Preston Allen |
11-06-2013 |
Commentary
Big Bad Government vs. Tea Partynew

Catharsis at the crossroads of health care and the U.S. Constitution.
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James Preston Allen |
10-07-2013 |
Commentary
Theft of the Courthouse: Where there's no justice, democracy failsnew
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to send down split decisions on our civil rights.
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James Preston Allen |
07-01-2013 |
Commentary
Fear of a Black (& Brown & Yellow) Electoratenew

On June 25, the Supreme Court struck the biggest blow against civil rights since Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, striking down a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional.
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Paul Rosenberg |
07-01-2013 |
Commentary
Art Snyder: A Genuinely Interesting Dudenew
Most people knew Art as the very white Los Angeles councilman in the heavily Latino northeastern district, who was elected sometime in the late ‘60s. So Art became the councilman representing El Sereno, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park, among others. He held the post for nearly two decades.
He was a red-headed Irishman who looked like the Marine he had been. But he was born in Lincoln Heights at the bottom of the Great Depression, so it was natural he learned to speak Spanish.
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Lionel Rolfe |
11-16-2012 |
Commentary
What is it About Romney That is So Objectionable?new
Romney obviously believes that businessmen are the highest kind of human beings.
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Lionel Rolfe |
10-12-2012 |
Commentary
Chasing Endeavournew

Here was this incredible device, a testimony to the liberating power of science, and what government can do when its power for good is unleashed. This is a contraption that wouldn’t exist without science and technology and the combined power of people’s collective will that in a democracy is called government.
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Lionel Rolfe |
09-24-2012 |
Commentary
Prosperity vs. Austerity Economicsnew
“Instead of the austerity agenda that we have now, focused on debt, this growth agenda is focused, really, on restoring broad-based economic growth and our democracy,” said Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker in a late-August teleconference.
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Paul Rosenberg |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary
How the Republican Brain Plays Defensenew
The Romney campaign disseminates so many lies that it’s impossible to keep track of them all.
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Paul Rosenberg |
08-16-2012 |
Commentary
Deficits and Democracy--The fallacy of balanced budgetsnew
Every Republican, from Mitt Romney on down is crying about the national debt, and the news media only amplifies the conservative mantra "the sky is falling" without ever putting it in historical perspective.
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James Preston Allen |
07-13-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: National Debt