You have to feel a little bad for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. He came all the way to California this week to “poach jobs” and left...
The GOP’s inviolate article of faith is that big government is inherently evil. The GOP has been stupendously successful through much of the last century in...
Activists, organizers and elected officials across the United States have come together to urge President Barack Obama to award posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom to...
“Fix the Debt,” the CEO-led campaign promoting fear and what some have called near-hysteria over the national debt, has met its grassroots nemesis: “Flip the Debt.”...
On January 23 of this year, Scabby the Rat, a 16 foot tall rodent first inflated in 1990 by protesting Chicago bricklayers, had a scare. Sean...
We are workers who move Walmart merchandise at a private warehouse in Chino, California. Just a couple of weeks ago the state of California ordered the...
Most of us know how badly Walmart treats its employees. Yet whenever the remedy of paying a living wage is proposed, opponents always argue that the...
Since May of 2011, the producers, editors, photographers and other NABET-CWA* workers at KTTV and KCOP-TV in Los Angeles have been trying to negotiate a fair...
Well… my 68 year old brain has done it again. It’s bad enough going into a room and wondering why you’re in there, but leaving your...
Two potential candidates for president in 2016, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, have taken opposing positions on raising the minimum...
One of the most exciting and inspirational aspects of coalition building is seeing the success and victories that people get when they come together for the...
More than 30,000 Los Angeles County homes still face foreclosure threats or have already been seized by banks as their owners struggle to cope with more...
If you’re sitting in the well of the House when a president gives a State of the Union address (as I’ve had the privilege of doing...
Several years ago, I spent time in a rural area of Ghana, a few miles outside the bustling city of Kumasi. As part of a public...
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery beginning August 5 is a “disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect on the...
As I embark on a new chapter in my life as President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California, I’d like to...
When I moved to East Hollywood a number of years ago, I asked a friend who lived next door if it was a quiet neighborhood. “No,”...
(Editor’s Note: Today we continue our series of posts from invited writers who offer thoughts on what the coming four years hold for Los Angeles and...
For years, women who clean rooms at Hyatt hotels have been speaking out against the injuries and hazards they face at work. In a recent press...
Most of us have been on both sides of it — receiving a coffee or sandwich from an employee who seems just a little too happy...