When Barack Obama adopted “Yes We Can” as his campaign theme, he harkened back to the “Si Se Puede” rallying cry popularized by Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers of America (UFW). As we celebrate Cesar Chavez Day, the President
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You can read about it everywhere. “Renters Rejoice,” proclaimed yesterday’s Examiner – as the paper reported that San Francisco rents have dropped by a whopping $200. Two months ago, the Chronicle reported: “the charging bull that long characterized the rental
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The sponsors of AB 351 tell the tale. Assemblywoman Mary Salas is from that most military of cities in California, San Diego. Assemblyman Michael Duvall is a Republican from Yorba Linda in Orange County. San Francisco’s own Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
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Hello from Vermont! My name is Heath Eiden. I am the director of the film “Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary.” I’m appealing to progressives everywhere because our film isn’t just about Howard Dean and our comedic primary
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New York Times liberal columnist Paul Krugman is getting lots of attention for his hard-hitting critiques on Barack Obama’s economic policies. Hipsters have cut music videos on YouTube pleading the White House to hire Krugman, and now Newsweek has him
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Tim Geithner has two faces. This is bad news and good news for those who believe market fundamentalism is responsible for the current fiscal hole we are in, and that climbing out will require a profound revision of fundamentalist market
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“More Catholics than Jews have died in the Holocaust, but this is not usually told because Jews own the world’s propaganda.” The rantings of a KKK member? Or someone from the American Nazi Party? No, it’s a quote from Dadeus
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