“We know that the first four years of a child’s life are the most important years of human development, so it is unconscionable that in the wealthiest country in the world, we do not properly invest in early childhood education.” February 24, 2020 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff… Continue reading
FRONTLINE PBS | Official An inside look at how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos built one of the largest and most influential economic forces in the world — and the cost of Amazon’s convenience. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate Love… Continue reading
Please hold ♥ Clark Sullivan ♥ in your thoughts. He can use some visitors! Clark remains hospitalized at: Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area 2800 Benedict Dr. San Leandro NOT back posting on a regular basis – Please post events on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 Thank you to all who are – Check Indybay for other events not listed here. ACCESSIBILITY: Please include… Continue reading
Rachel Swan Jan. 30, 2018 (SFChronicle.com) Supervisor Aaron Peskin, during a Board of Supervisors meeting at City Hall, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif.Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle San Francisco’s “Question Time” — a long-standing monthly appearance by the mayor before the Board of Supervisors — was… Continue reading
By Ellen Brown (truthdig.com) February 6, 2020 While U.S. advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a press conference… Continue reading
BY DUSTIN GUASTELLA CONNOR KILPATRICK February 22, 2020 (jacobinmag.com) Bernie Sanders’s decisive victory in Nevada today shows that he has a working-class base committed to fundamentally transforming our radically unequal political and economic system. He’s on his way to not just the nomination, but the White House. Bernie Sanders’s crushing… Continue reading
Sarah Ravani Feb. 19, 2020 (SFChronicle.com) State legislation introduced Wednesday aims to reduce the number of empty homes in California and give tenants the right of first refusal to buy foreclosed properties. The bill was inspired by the plight of a group of homeless mothers who recently took up residence in a… Continue reading
February 20, 2020 by TomDispatch Why no retired generals oppose America’s forever wars. by Danny Sjursen 23 Comments 11/9/35: General Smedley D. Butler, U.S. Marines, retired, pictured as he addressed a crowd of 6,000 participants in an anti-war demonstration on Reyburn Plaza, Philadelphia, Nov. 9th. Butler suggested, “That the government pay… Continue reading
