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More by Paul Rosenberg
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
Bankrupting Nature: Denying Our Planetary Boundariesnew
Global warming is but one of nine or 10 different ways in which human civilization is threatening to cross boundaries of over-consumption and overuse. These, will undermine the natural foundations on which our civilization is built.
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Paul Rosenberg |
04-22-2013 |
Books
Office Clerks Outsourcing Strike Ends Years of Fruitless Bargainingnew
After an eight-day strike by the Office Clerical Unit of ILWU idled most of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex, the terminals are now bustling again, and the workers and the union seemingly couldn't be happier with the outcome.
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Paul Rosenberg |
12-14-2012 |
Business & Labor
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Trouble on the Battleship Iowanew
Who are the officers and head honchos steering the USS Iowa in Southern California?
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Terelle Jerricks |
10-29-2014 |
Features
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.
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James Preston Allen |
08-22-2014 |
Race & Class
Charlie Beck in the Crossfirenew
Accessing LAPD reforms, leadership and the contract.
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James Preston Allen |
08-07-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Pat Derby, Savior of Elephants, Diesnew
Pat Derby founded Ark2000, a 2000-acre refuge for elephants in the Mother Lode where at least one of the alleged pachyderm victims of the Los Angeles Zoo lived out her last days in happier refuge.
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Lionel Rolfe |
02-25-2013 |
Animal Issues
