By Alice Cramden Let me get this right. We are in the midst of an economic Armageddon the likes of 1929. Obama, the great savior for whom I worked tirelessly for six […]
Universal Health Care Versus the Corporations
By Jim Smith No matter what happens in Congress this year, the fight for real health care reform is just beginning. This year we are likely to see a bill that only […]
The Whiff of Fascism
By Jim Smith “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men (and women) do nothing.” –Edmund Burke Alarm bells are sounding throughout the country over the widespread […]
Why Doesn’t Obama Tell It Like It Is? The Actually Existing Health Care System
By Carl Ginsburg There is nothing inherently wrong with spending 17 per cent of GDP on health care if the result is a really healthy population. Just like there is nothing wrong […]
Jane Harman – Caught In The Act?
By Jim Smith Jane Harman, our Congressional representative, is in trouble. Before you rush off to save her, consider this. She was caught on a wiretap agreeing to try to get espionage […]
Spinning the U.S. Passport
By Janet Phelan The Public Relations arm of the U.S. government is taking a “stab” at your travel documents. The latest edition of the US Passport exhibits what appears to be an […]
Permit Parking – Not a New Story
By Jim Smith What’s behind the effort to bring permit parking to Venice? In a word, gentrification. In Los Angeles, and cities around the country, it’s a familiar story. A family of […]
Beachhead Recommendations for May 19 state election
May 19 is two elections in one. The city and community college runoff elections are sharing the ballot with six state propositions. Here are the Beachhead Collective’s recommendations: L.A. City Attorney: Don’t […]
Village of the Damned
By John Davis It has been about 16 years since the Playa Vista Development was plopped into the wetlands by a giant bird called the City Council of Los Angeles in two […]
It Did Happen Here: When our Japanese neighbors were sent to concentration camps
By Scott Yuda, Jr. During World War II, under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi organization’s “rule,” so to speak, ordered for any person 1/8 Jewish or more to be relocated to concentration […]
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