U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks at a Senate Armed Services hearing on January 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The Massachusetts Democrat has proposals on healthcare programs, Pentagon contracts, tax reform, and more. JESSICA CORBETT Jan 23, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) While U.S. President Donald Trump’s Department of… Continue reading
Panamanians march with a banner reading, “Donald Trump, the Panama Canal Is Not for Sale!” in Panama City on January 20, 2025. (Photo: Arnulfo Franco/AFP via Getty Images) One former Swedish prime minister called the Republican president’s pledge to grow U.S. territory “a recipe for global instability.” BRETT WILKINS Jan… Continue reading
Forwarded by Adrienne Fong From Isaac Casados, a Sr. Advisor to Vice President Richelle Montoya and Mescalero Apache Tribe Dangerous news coming out of Indian Country (AZ and NM) today: Navajos are being detained by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) asking them to produce proof of citizenship. They are… Continue reading
“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right… Continue reading
23 JANUARY 2025/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) You may not know that there was a liberal priest in San Francisco who was performing same-sex marriages as far back as 1968. But there was, and he was a much beloved and sometimes controversial figure in the local Episcopal diocese. Reverend Robert Warren Cromey… Continue reading
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration’s roughly 400,000-employee workforce. Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED January 23, 2025 (federalnewsnetwork.com) The Department of Veterans Affairs is exempting more than 300,000 health care positions from a governmentwide hiring freeze. VA doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical officers are among the dozens of occupations… Continue reading
San Francisco saw more retail properties occupied than vacated for the first time in years during the latter portion of 2024, according to multiple real-estate firms. Before news broke Tuesday that Macy’s would close its downtown Bloomingdale’s department store, analysts were compiling numbers showing that San Francisco’s retail-vacancy rate had fallen in… Continue reading
By Nanette Asimov,Higher Education Reporter Updated Jan 24, 2025 (SFChronicle.com) Officials at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park announced they will make major cuts to academic programs, faculty, staff and sports due to a $24 million budget deficit amid declining enrollment.Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle Sonoma State University announced Wednesday that it will take… Continue reading
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks at a rally in The Bronx, New York on June 22, 2024 in New York City. (Photo: Steven Ferdman/GC Images) “One of the things that we need to do is to talk to people directly,” said the congresswoman. “There need to be Democrats who… Continue reading
