Ahead of ‘March for Our Lives,’ Student Manifesto Outlines Steps to Eradicate ‘Plague of Gun Violence’

March 23, 2018 by Common Dreams “We will be marching this Saturday for those that we loved and lost, and we write this in the hope that no other community or publication will ever have to do the same.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer   “We are firsthand witnesses to the kind… Continue reading

Ten Million Americans Could Bring H.R. 676 into Reality Land—Relief for Anxiety, Dread and Fear

March 23, 2018 by Common Dreams Medicare for all is what the Pentagon does. It is what President Harry Truman wanted from Congress back in the nineteen forties. It is time. by Ralph Nader “The campaigns that exist today are receiving too little on-the-ground assistance for such a widely-supported issue.” (Photo: National… Continue reading

Book: “We The Corporations”

We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler We the Corporations chronicles the astonishing story of one of the most successful yet least well-known “civil rights movements” in American history. Hardly oppressed like women and minorities, business corporations, too, have fought since the nation’s earliest days to… Continue reading

Bay Area’s March for Our Lives 2018: Routes, street closures, and more

What to expect from Saturday’s rallies for gun control By Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling Mar 22, 2018 Sandy Shieh, a student at San Francisco’s Lincoln High School, holds a sign during a rally and march against gun violence at the Civic Center Plaza. Photo by AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez   Hundreds of thousands of people… Continue reading

Nancy Pelosi is the most conservative candidate in her 2018 race

Nancy Pelosi is the most conservative candidate in her 2018 race

BY EMILY CADEI (sacbee.com) ecadei@mcclatchydc.com February 26, 2018  Nancy Pelosi is the most right-wing candidate in her reelection race this year. The House Democratic leader faces not one, but three, Democratic challengers in 2018, as well as a Green Party candidate. And while national Republicans love to target Pelosi as… Continue reading