End Poverty in California [EPIC] was the platform of Upton Sinclair's campaign for the Governorship of California in 1934. Sinclair had won the nomination of the Democratic Party although he had been a member of the Socialist Party … [Read more...]
DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Lizbeth Mateo
I came to this country when I was fourteen-years-old from Oaxaca, Mexico. It was the late nineties and Mexico was, and is still, facing one of the worst socio-economic and political periods in recent history. For my parents - a taxi … [Read more...]
TX Oil Companies Try to Kill CA Clean Energy Legislation
As if the oil companies from Texas – and their allies in the corridors of power - hadn’t done enough harm to our country already (for more, see the late, great Gulf of Mexico), now they are at it once again. This … [Read more...]
In name only
This ad has set a new standard for the "in name only" labelers: … [Read more...]
CA prisons on brink of collapse – is Massachusetts next in line?
LA Times Reports Governor Schwarzenegger warned today that the entire California prison system is on the brink of collapse. The governor and his corrections chief, Matt Cate, walked through the destruction at a housing unit for … [Read more...]
Healing California’s Sickly Populism
Cross-post: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. In the recent decade, we have seen more and more anti-gay and anti-marriage equality groups try to conceal their bigoted let-the-people-vote petitions to prevent or wrest from … [Read more...]
Rumors Fly About Prop 8 Day of Decision Being Thursday
UPDATED: May 20 2009 -- No opinions were announced for filing on Thursday, May 21, 2009. There is no pending notice of forthcoming opinion filings. When opinions are expected to file, notices are generally posted the day before. Opinions … [Read more...]
Nail Biting Over Prop 8…with Poll
Proceedings start at 9 a.m. PST. You can watch them here. The court will have 90 days to deliver a decision. If you're in CA, join an Eve of Justice gathering this evening, or watch the oral arguments outside the courthouse or … [Read more...]
NYT Parrots “Evil Gays” Meme
FOR the backers of Proposition 8, the state ballot measure to stop single-sex couples from marrying in California, victory has been soured by the ugly specter of intimidation. A Web site takes names and ZIP codes of donors supporting the … [Read more...]
Californians May Get IOUs, not Tax Refunds
Come 2009, California, the [formerly?] seventh largest economy in the world, will likely be paying legislators and refunding taxpayers with IOUs. Being bigger than Lehman Bros. & Bear Stearns, isn't CA "too big to be allowed to … [Read more...]
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