People Respond to Conviction

People Respond to Conviction

June 23, 2012 7:22 pm
by Dick Price In the past several weeks, President Barack Obama took two bold, moral stands — expressing support for marriage equality and giving DREAMers legal standing...

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Veterans: The War After The War

Now that the last American combat soldier has walked across the desert out of Iraq, and the Obama administration seems poised to end our military involvement in Afghanistan over howls from the military’s brass and war machine manufacturers, the question returns: What now for the men and women who fought those wars in our name? Older [...]

#18 – More Black Men Now in Prison System than Were Enslaved

(Back in March, LA Progressive’s Editor Dick Price offered this nugget up on the plight of prisoners of colour in the US prison system. -Ed.) “More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began,” Michelle Alexander told a standing room only [...]

“Occupy LA” Takes a Step

By the time we got off the Metro at the Little Tokyo stop this afternoon and walked the several blocks to City Hall, the “Occupy LA” protestors had already marched over from their gathering place at Pershing Square that morning and taken up residence on the lawn. Familiar voices — Ron Kovic’s and Marcy Winograd’s — [...]

Dick & Sharon’s Excellent Town Hall Adventure

(You’ve seen snippets on telly, Dick Price and Sharon Kyle, our colleagues at LA Progressive attended on of them and file this 1st person look at a healthcare Town Hall meeting.) by Dick Price, Editor LA Progressive We almost missed the boat. The raucous town hall debates that captured the nation’s attention through the long [...]

Dick & Sharon’s Excellent Town Hall Adventure

(You’ve seen snippets on telly, Dick Price and Sharon Kyle, our colleagues at LA Progressive attended on of them and file this 1st person look at a healthcare Town Hall meeting.) by Dick Price, Editor LA Progressive We almost missed the boat. The raucous town hall debates that captured the nation’s attention through the long [...]

Can You Feel The Ship Turning?

  by Dick Price & Sharon Kyle In the run-up to Election Day, when Barack Obama’s history-making victory wasn’t exactly a sure thing, our local congressman urged persistence and optimism. “We’ve got a big ship there in Washington, with a lot of right-wing momentum pushing it forward,” said Rep. Xavier Becerra on a sultry August [...]