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January 10, 2019

Tidbits - Jan. 10, 2019 - Reader Comments - Lots (and Lots) on Impeachment; AOC 70% Tax Rate; New Attack on Angela Davis and Free Speech; NAFTA; Border Security and much more...

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Reader Comments: Impeachment; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Returning to a 70% Marginal Tax Rate; TSA Agents Call-In Sick and the Right to Strike (Not); New Attack on Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis, Jews, BDS and Anti-Semitism; and so much more.....

December 3, 2018

When We Pursue the Struggle, We Pursue Happiness

Gayle McLaughlin California Progressive Alliance

Californians face some unique electoral challenges - massive initiative campaigns that allow corporations to buy themselves out of regulation and even out of legal jeopardy, direct corporate contributions, huge districts, and an enormous state...

October 30, 2018

Media Bits and Bytes - October 30, 2018

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Tech Giants and ICE; Eco-tage in EU; Suing Trump; Net Neutrality in Cali; A Question of Balance; Scamming the Women's March

November 5, 2018

“Women on Death Row: Invisible Subjects of Gender Discrimination”

Death Penalty Focus Death Penalty Focus

California has the largest female death row in the U.S., with 23 condemned women imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. Four women have been executed in the state since 1893.

October 2, 2018

Media Bits and Bytes - October 2, 2018

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Cali Net Neutrality Law; Facebook FUBAR; Hacking the Vote; The New Season; Privacy Law Debate; Taking the Public Pulse

September 3, 2018

The Problem With Bail Isn’t the Bondsmen, It’s the State

Lily Fahsi-Haskell and Mohamed Shehk Truthout

Led by people directly impacted by imprisonment, organizations in California have been building on the growing national momentum to end the money bail system.

September 3, 2018

A New 40 Year Legacy for California

Anthony Thigpenn California Calls

Activists announcing successful signature collection

Californians are ready to fight to reclaim over $11 billion robbed every year from schools and local communities, shaping a new legacy of investment in the people of California.

August 20, 2018

Tenants Together: Stories, Struggles, and Strategies

Tenants Together Tenants Together

It's been an exciting and challenging summer for California tenants. The good news: through our collective power, we are fighting back. Here's just a slice of the work Tenants Together and our members, partners, and allies are doing this summer!

July 24, 2018

Media Bits and Bytes - July 24, 2018

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Trump Boots Reporter; Tronc Stomps; Sinclair Slime; Facebook's Wrist Slap; Con Game; Too Late for Lopate?; Watching the Watchers

July 23, 2018

California Dreaming: Cannabis Cash, Public Banks—and the State’s Own Mini-Fed?

Ellen Brown TruthDig

Spurred by the heavily cash-reliant cannabis industry, Los Angeles residents will be the first in the country to vote on a public banking mandate, after the City Council agreed on June 29 to put a measure on the November ballot...

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