VOICES

UNION WATCH - "Starbucks has this image of being a progressive company that takes care of its employees.

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Everyone is fond of quoting Einstein, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” 

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Four hundred people died from gun violence in the United States in the first four days of 2022.

GUEST COMMENTARY - For most Democrats throughout deep blue L.A. County, the incumbent Sheriff is a disaster whose misconduct each day escalates the urgency to replace him.

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Los Angeles has no legacy of democracy.  The city government does not even attempt to have the traditional separation of powers since the city makes the laws and then enforces its laws or ignores its own laws. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition filed a public records lawsuit today confronting City Councilmember Paul Koretz's failure to respond to a public records request regarding his office’s communications with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a nonprofit political association that works with government surveillance agencies. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - As wars rage, as cruelty shatters lives across the planet — as nuclear Armageddon remains a viable option for all of us — I think it’s time to claim some stunning awareness in this regard.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Land ownership has shaped civilizations from their beginnings, with a constant interplay between great powers—the aristocracy, the state, the Church, the emperor—and those below them.

UNION WATCH - The improbable April 1 victory of Amazon workers in Staten Island, who fought for over two years to establish the very first union at the retail behemoth,

GUN CONTROL - The tragic Sacramento shooting on April 3 that claimed six lives joins a long list of shootings in California that occurred that same weekend:

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Of all social media applications currently in use in the United States, Facebook and Twitter have by far the most penetration and, perversely, the greatest influence. 

MEDIA WATCH - CBS News hiring former Trump aide Mick Mulvaney speaks volumes about systemic problems in our media.