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Food stamp usage soars despite job growth
Fresh off the heels of Bureau of Labor Statistics findings that slightly fewer Americans were jobless in November – reflecting an expected uptick in temporary and seasonal employment, as well as a mas...
California residents sue Taco Bell for false advertising
A lawsuit filed in federal court in the Central District of California alleges that Taco Bell is falsely advertising its products. The class action suit filed by an Alabama law firm holds that tested ...
Will the Tea Party change anything?
"I think it's eerily like 1994. Not much will change." That's what Rich Hamblen told me about the 2010 midterm elections on our way to a political conference sponsored by the Los Angeles-based T...
Why Liberals should support the tax cut compromise
An acquaintance, undeniably well-off, complained to me recently that a tax increase on those making more than $250,000 was unfair to small businessmen like her husband (a physician). I experienc...
Historic year for Third Party and Independent movements in the United States
Though the mainstream political press has naturally focused on the stinging Democratic losses and sweeping Republican gains in last week's elections, 2010 has proven to be an historic year for thir...
Temporary, high-risk health insurance option coming soon to California
On July 1, the federal government and dozens of states set up temporary “high-risk” health insurance pools for people denied health insurance due to so-called pre-existing conditions. These pools were...
Imagine the response if the BP oil spill had ruined Pebble Beach
Watching the awe-inspiring television images from the recent U.S. Open golf tournament at Pebble Beach, I began to envision the Monterey Peninsula marred with splotches of oil, and the famed golf cour...
Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve...
Step Aside, Florida. It's California's Turn.
There'snot nearly as much housing help as the $4 billion the BushAdministration deliveredin September. Of the $731million President Obama handed out this time, though, at least California got thelion'...
The Unionized States of America
Last week, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Hilda Solisto the position of Labor Secretary. This marks yet another time whenObama has turned to the Golden State for guidance in his cabinet, as S...