January 17, 2022 Issue (NewYorker.com) King understood the nation’s challenges as part of a continuous narrative. Today, a narrow view of America’s past could imperil its future. By Jelani Cobb January 9, 2022 On March 25, 1965, at the conclusion of the brutally consequential march from Selma to Montgomery, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered… Continue reading
Eric Ting, SFGATE Jan. 12, 2022 (SFGate.com) On Tuesday night, a proposal to create a single-payer health care system in California took a big step forward when it cleared the Assembly Health Committee with an 11-3 vote. Earlier on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom held a public event detailing a separate proposal to ensure… Continue reading
JAN 10, 2022 JULIA ROCK, ANDREW PEREZ (dailyposter.com) A dark money group started by the 2020 presidential hopeful hasn’t disclosed its donors as promised. A political advocacy group launched by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttiegieg was bankrolled by at least seven six-figure dark money donations in 2020, according to new documents reviewed by The… Continue reading
Date Posted: January 6th, 2022 @ 11:43 AMLast Updated: January 6th, 2022 @ 11:46 AM As part of its innovative Universal Basic Mobility pilot, the City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) announced today that it has successfully distributed 500 prepaid debit cards to East Oakland residents and employees. These cards are… Continue reading
Nikola Tesla was defunded and basically reduced to destitution by his investors who pulled out on him, J.P. Morgan and Westinghouse and so forth, who pulled out on him when they realized that the worldwide energy system that he was trying to develop was something that could not be metered… Continue reading
Scammed by Thomas Edison, abandoned by JP Morgan Mario Gabriele Oct 9, 2020 · Medium.com Nikola Tesla was the greatest inventor of his era. He died penniless and alone, swindled by both Thomas Edison and JP Morgan. Tesla was born in 1856 in a mountainous region of Croatia. His father was… Continue reading
David French on the cult of toughness on the Trumpist right. By Sean Illing @seanilling sean.illing@vox.com Jan 5, 2022 (Vox.com) If you follow conservative politics, you know that the state of masculinity in America has been a hot topic this past year. Republicans like Josh Hawley, a senator from Missouri and a star of… Continue reading
By JOE MANISCALCO January 7, 2022 (dcreport.org) This photo by reporter Mary Meisenzahl appeared Dec. 9 on the Business Insider website. Starbucks Patrons Lead the Way, but Other Companies See Customers Support Employees Organizing In 2021, increasing numbers of workers discovered their post-Covid pandemic power by engaging in work stoppages and… Continue reading
Sign the Petition to S.F. Supervisors — even if you already petitioned YOUR Supervisor!Ask them to support legislation from Board President Walton and cosponsored by Supervisors Haney and Mandelman to pilot an Open-Source Paper Ballot voting system in November’s election! Sign the Petition NOW! Tell S.F. Board of Supervisors to… Continue reading
kontentreal Will the power and ingenuity that marked our progress also lead to our downfall? This is the paradox of our times. Global resource depletion, pollution, and their unsustainable human and environmental costs keep rising. At the same time, visionaries from all sectors are turning intractable problems into incredible opportunities to… Continue reading
