AltWeeklies Wire
Across the Dividenew
The 2016 Presidential Race: A Choice of Democratic Socialism vs. Corporate Capitalism
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
03-21-2016 |
Commentary
Brewing Up Change on the San Pedro Waterfrontnew
The crowds were ebullient, if not inebriated, at the long-awaited opening of Brouwerij West in old Warehouse 9 in San Pedro. That same week, Mayor Eric Garcetti flipped a symbolic switch as he unveiled the city’s 1.2 megawatt solar panel initiative on top of that same warehouse.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
03-15-2016 |
Commentary
Crime, Harbor Division Jailnew
Badges, Pistachios, More Excuses
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-05-2016 |
Commentary
True Leadership Demands Action in a Crisisnew
“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that the edifice, which produces beggars, needs restructuring.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
01-22-2016 |
Commentary
Trump: When Fascism Comes to Americanew
Trump’s rhetoric in recent months — whether it was his connecting Mexican immigrants to crime or his comments on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), saying he is not a hero “because he was captured” and “I like people who weren’t captured”—has been tapping our nation’s darkest, deepest and most xenophobic veins
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-15-2015 |
Commentary
Thankful for Good Friends and Strong Voicesnew
As the discourse in America becomes less civil
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-04-2015 |
Commentary
A Beautiful Day on the Bow of the USS Iowanew
Garcetti, the Navy and Homeless People
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-02-2015 |
Commentary
Do Not Feed the Pigeons (or the Homeless)new
It’s time to consider the consequences of criminalizing the homeless
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen |
10-30-2015 |
Commentary
Between Heaven & Hellnew
It’s an oppressively hot day.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
10-22-2015 |
Culture
China Shipping NOP, POLA’s Failed Mitigationsnew
Draft Supplemental EIR Admits to Lack of Compliance with Legal Settlement
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
10-16-2015 |
Commentary
Stumping on Fear and Arrogancenew
San Pedro Stands up to Fear Mongering
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
09-21-2015 |
Commentary
Anatomy of a Facebook Uprisingnew
The Neighborhood Council motion that sparked citywide reaction.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
09-10-2015 |
Commentary
A Long Journey from Brighton Beachnew
Terminal Island—Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-21-2015 |
Commentary
Time Slips A Cognew
I’m beginning this piece by chipping away at a giant writer’s block.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
06-23-2015 |
Commentary
Ghosts of the Low Country: New EP by Tawny Ellisnew
Tawny Ellis, Los Angeles based musician, singer, songwriter “unlocks and elevates the many mysteries of life” through her new Muscle Shoals inspired and recorded EP Ghosts of the Low Country. For Ellis this EP is a way she takes a glimpse of, senses a connection with people from the close to her heart South.
Random Lengths News |
By Anna Broome |
05-15-2015 |
Profiles & Interviews
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