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The Elephant in the Room: Raising the Gas Tax

Jackie Cornejo — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:34:57 +0000

Jackie Cornejo: The pot of money that goes towards building and maintaining our roads and bridges has gotten smaller and smaller over the last three decades for several reasons The Elephant in the Room: Raising the Gas Tax is a post from: LA Progressive *This is an excerpt. To read the complete...

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Should NATO Be Handling World Security?

Lawrence S. Wittner — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:16:24 +0000

Lawrence Wittner: If the leaders of NATO nations were really serious about providing children with a world in which they could play in peace among the birds and flowers, they would work to strengthen the United Nations and stop devoting vast resources to dubious wars. Should NATO Be Handling World...

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Austerity Fails: The First Domino Falls in Greece

Shamus Cooke — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:29:55 +0000

Shamus Cooke: Unity in an economically polarized country like Greece is impossible, especially when the continued existence of the bankers and wealthy rests on the continued suffering of everybody else. Austerity Fails: The First Domino Falls in Greece is a post from: LA Progressive *This is an...

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Romney’s Extraordinary Detachment from the Truth

Berry Craig — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:04 +0000

Berry Craig: Romney and his campaign staff must be high-fiving and fist-bumping each other over the Fourth Estaters who are, for whatever reason, acting more like lapdogs than watchdogs in covering him on the campaign trail. Romney’s Extraordinary Detachment from the Truth is a post from: LA...

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A Changing Culture at the LAPD

Dick and Sharon — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:25:49 +0000

Dick Price & Sharon Kyle: Officer Sandra Moura credits the Department's leadership -- from Chief Beck on down -- with instilling and enforcing a more community-oriented policing approach. A Changing Culture at the LAPD is a post from: LA Progressive *This is an excerpt. To read the complete...

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Austerity Measures Meet Resistance and the Democratic Will

Carl Bloice — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:54:54 +0000

Carl Bloice: It’s funny how a dramatic political crisis can focus the mind, how things like the Occupy movement and the European voters’ revolt can shift perception -- even the public expression -- of the powers-that-be in politics and the media. Austerity Measures Meet Resistance and the...

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Public Banking

Ellen Brown — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:41:29 +0000

Ellen Brown: Why does there always seem to be enough money for military expansion, prisons, bank bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy, but not enough for education—or for jobs, housing, healthcare, or old age pensions? The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Public Banking is a post from: LA...

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Mario Solis-Marich on KTLK Monday 9 a.m. to Noon

Mario Solis-Marich — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:05:46 +0000

Mario Solis-Marich guest hosting on KTLK 1150 Monday morning, 9 a.m. to noon. He'll have Dick & Sharon at 10 a.m. Mario Solis-Marich on KTLK Monday 9 a.m. to Noon is a post from: LA Progressive *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its title. Thank you.

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What the Walmart Whistleblower Said

Bobbi Murray — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:50:39 +0000

Bobbi Murray: Walmart de Mexico (called “Walmex”—no kidding) was alleged to have spread around $24 million or so in bribes to make sure Walmart’s presence there expanded at a rate that eclipsed the competition. What the Walmart Whistleblower Said is a post from: LA Progressive *This is an...

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Michigan Pushes Plan to Welcome Immigrants and their Revitalizing Power

Seth Hoy — Sat, 19 May 2012 20:48:50 +0000

Seth Hoy: Welcoming Michigan brings together community, city and business leaders, clergy, and charitable organizations to raise the level of discourse around immigration. Michigan Pushes Plan to Welcome Immigrants and their Revitalizing Power is a post from: LA Progressive *This is an excerpt....

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