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Five Reasons Not to Buy Matzah at Walmart

By Danny Feingold, The Frying Pan
It’s matzah bargain-hunting season, and guess who has entered the fray? That’s right, Walmart.
The world’s largest retailer may not be known for bar mitzvah catering, but apparently the matzah market was too luc…

Should Be Made In America!

By Dave Johnson
We need to rebuild our country, and we need to do it with steel and supplies that are made in America. It actually costs taxpayers more to “save money” by outsourcing then it saves because of the “safety net” costs from lost jobs and f…

Cuts and Consequences – How Budget Cuts Hurt The Economy

By Dave Johnson
Is smaller government really better for the economy?
Conservatives chant that taxes and government “take money out of the economy” and we need to “cut and grow,” meaning if government spending is cut way back the economy will grow as a…

Assemblymember Mike Feuer: Homeowner Bill of Rights to Help Protect California Communities Burdened with Home Foreclosures

SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly radio address, Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) discusses the Homeowner Bill of Rights, a legislative package recently announced by Attorney General Kamala Harris, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los…

As long as you’ve got an ounce of fight left in you, I’ll have a ton of fight left in me

President Obama spoke to the United Auto Workers about the choice he made to to bet on American workers and America’s auto industry – and why he knew he couldn’t follow Mitt Romney’s advice and “let Detroit go bankrupt.”

Homeowners, Advocates Call for Temporary Stop to Foreclosures in California

By Zaineb Muhammad, New America Media
A week after Attorney General Kamala Harris announced an $18 billion settlement for California’s foreclosure victims, homeowners and housing rights advocates declared the need to temporarily halt al…

Building a Blue-Green Coalition in California

By Marcy WinogradFormer Democratic Candidate for Congress
After the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, with its codification of imprisonment without charge or trial, I could no longer register voters for the Democratic Party – even wi…