Last Friday, state politicians finally voted on a state budget. The budget was due in July, but politicians took 100 extra days to pretend to deal with the state’s $19.1 billion deficit. Both Democrat and Republican politicians are telling us that this is a good...
Young people in America are victims of a system that is denying them a future. What kind of education can a young person expect to get in a school system being slashed of funding, understaffed, and with inadequate resources? What kind of job can they expect to get...
On Saturday, October 2, tens of thousands of workers from all over the US., attended a rally for jobs, justice and peace in Washington D.C. The rally was organized by the big unions, civil rights, peace, social justice and ecology groups. It was an expression of anger...
Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was murdered early in the morning on New Year’s Eve Day 2009. Johannes Mehserle, a BART cop, shot Grant in the back as he lay facedown on the BART platform. Hundreds of people witnessed the murder. By the next day, tens of...
Last week, eight city officials from Bell, California, including the mayor, were arrested and taken to jail on corruption charges. The officials are charged with stealing over $5.5 million from the city treasury. The accused city council members gave themselves...
