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Hating Breitbart: The Movie

New Orleans   Andrew Breitbart was the face and force behind a number of high traffic websites during his career, ended suddenly with a fatal heart attack more than a year ago.  He played a role in helping set up the liberal Huffington Post, but at his death was best known for his “big” sites, especially [...]

Kaiser Aftermath: How About Some Competition to Organize Healthcare Workers?

Little Rock       Probably surprising none of the organizers involved or anyone looking at the campaign, the vote count on the rerun decertification election between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) produced the same result with a wider margin as Kaiser hospital workers in California overwhelming voted for [...]

Voter Suppression Conspiracy Hounds Howling at the Moon

Little Rock  Nationally President Obama announced the formation of a panel that would convene for 6-months to look at the voting system in the United States in order to see if lines could be shorted and voting could be made less burdensome.  Meanwhile back at the ranch, a simple majority is enough to overturn a governor’s [...]

Venal Politics of Ambition, Ideology, and Contributions Crippling Louisiana Healthcare

New Orleans  What often goes unsaid when the right pontificates and proselytizes about the wondrous benefits of privatization or public-private so-called “partnerships,” is the how much this is all simply a rationalization for personal ambition and the need to raise huge campaign contributions to fuel that fire.

We see this now, painfully and almost daily, in [...]

Keystone XL Pipeline Forces Sierra Club Change in Tactics

New Orleans   Mike Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club and formerly of the Rainforest Action Network, along with the president of the Club and 46 other people, including some known names, were arrested last week in front the White House in a demonstration opposing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar [...]

Finding and Losing Voice: Jesse, Jr., Marty Peretz, Ashley Judd

New Orleans   Jesse Jackson, Jr, 47 years old and recently re-elected and now former Chicago Congressman and of course the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson, well-known civil rights leader over the last 50 years, conceding guilt to misappropriation of campaign funds said:

“While my journey is not complete, it is my hope that I am remembered [...]