The 2014 Primaries: Crushing The Tea Party
The 2014 primaries are now pretty much over and the Tea Party has lost every contest where it tried to oust an incumbent Republican. As a political force in America, the Tea Party now is only a shadow of its former self, although the more liberal media will likely continue to prop it up to […]
High Speed Rail Leaves African-Americans At The Station: Black Firms Awarded Only 3% Of Contracts Dollars
One of the selling points of the bullet train was that the California High Speed Rail Project would result in contracts and jobs desperately needed throughout the state. African-Americans praised the Project’s potential economic impact as their unemployment is twice the state average and in some cities almost triple. After officially filing a complaint with […]
Higher Education Funding is Unfinished Business for State Legislature
Speaker of the Assembly Toni Atkins and her colleagues in the Assembly Budget Committee deserve kudos for passing SB872 to restore $100 million in desperately needed funding for California State University and the University of California. The Senate Budget Committee, in rejecting SB 872, got it wrong. Speaker Atkins understands public higher education is our […]
LA: America’s Most Hostile Work Environment?
In January, the LA 2020 Commission’s report, A Time for Truth, pointed out that the City of Los Angeles had 10% fewer jobs than two decades ago despite a 30% increase in its population. We also have one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country with almost 20% of our residents living in […]