California Looks To Close A Loophole That Will Hit Corporations Where It...
Millions of Americans are what are commonly referred to as the working poor. These are workers who have jobs, yet do not make enough to get off government assistance programs. Many corporations pay...
View ArticleTX Oil Companies Try to Kill CA Clean Energy Legislation
As if the oil companies from Texas – and their allies in the corridors of power – hadn’t done enough harm to our country already (for more, see the late, great Gulf of Mexico), now they are at it once...
View ArticleDon’t Give Up: A Message from California
While having marriage equality go through the legislative process of a representative democracy is far, far preferable to me than California’s referenda and court decisions, I really have to hand it to...
View ArticleGridlock and Partisanship (or why I’m glad NH is not CA)
There’s a lengthy article in yesterday’s NYT talking about California’s new “post-partisan primary” law: One outgrowth of California‘s budget agreement may have set the table for something the state...
View ArticleMean-Spirited, Malevolent Jerks
I pretty much stayed away from following the Prop 8 story, mostly because I have so much on my plate poking around Granite State matters. But this takes the cake. It’s bad enough trying to strip away...
View ArticleEdwards Evening News RoundUp: Standing Up for Real Change!
Welcome to the Edwards Evening News RoundUp! Tonight’s features are: I. Energy: Global Warming Presidential Forum w/VIDEO of Forum II. Labor and Trade: Edwards Walks the WGA Picket Line III. Election...
View ArticleBREAKING: Edwards wins SEIU NH Endorsement!
Edwards has won the New Hampshire SEIU endorsement according to MSNBC First Read. After weeks of intense lobbying by the top three Democratic presidential candidates, Edwards has come away with the...
View ArticleBad News On Presidential Front
There is a story out today that could turn into a major headache for whoever wins the Democratic nomination for president. Someone (a Republican) in California is starting a ballot initiative that...
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