[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times Big Backyards and Pools Are California’s Past. Apartment Buildings Are Its Future You don’t need to be a Nobel physicist to figure the direction California must go to solve its acute housing shortage — up. Stop expanding sideways and become more like New York City —...
Opinion: Honor Chavez Legacy by Confronting UFW Corruption
Cesar Chavez spent his life trying to improve life for farmworkers, fighting for changes he felt would bring about civil rights and justice for workers. At the end of this month, California state legislators plan to honor Cesar Chavez’s birthday as a day of public service. The work Cesar Chavez...
How Israel Helped Create Hamas
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post How Israel Helped Create Hamas All signs indicate that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to wage a protracted battle in the battered Gaza Strip as it seeks to crush the capabilities of the Islamist militant group Hamas. The ongoing conflict has...
AIPAC Is Playing The Victim, But It’s Palestinians Who Are Being Silenced
[aggregation-styles] Forward AIPAC Is Playing The Victim, But It’s Palestinians Who Are Being Silenced So far, the theme of AIPAC’s 2019 Policy Conference has been peril, not just to Israel, but to AIPAC itself. AIPAC’s CEO accused unnamed critics of “trying to silence each of us.” AIPAC President Mort Fridman...
A Brand-New US Citizen Walks Us Through the ‘Hell’ It Takes to Go From Foreigner to American
[aggregation-styles] Business Insider A Brand-New US Citizen Walks Us Through the 'Hell' It Takes to Go From Foreigner to American Jon Yildiz will never forget the moment during his citizenship ceremony when President Donald Trump appeared on the screen at the front of the room. In the same aggressive tone...
5 Ways World Leaders Can Learn From New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
[aggregation-styles] Indy 100 5 Ways World Leaders Can Learn From New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern is being praised for her decisive and strong stance against white supremacy in the wake of a shooting at two mosques that killed 50 people. Ardern’s reaction to the...
Turkey Is Changing the Middle East. The U.S. Doesn’t Get It.
[aggregation-styles] Bloomberg Opinion Turkey Is Changing the Middle East. The U.S. Doesn’t Get It. The Middle East is changing fast but the U.S. seems to be the last government to realize it and respond. For at least 10 years, the region has been caricatured as divided into two camps: a...
When Does Criticism of Israel Cross Into Anti-Semitism?
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post When Does Criticism of Israel Cross Into Anti-Semitism? Several incoming Democrats were elected due to their support for ideas popular with the Democratic Party’s more progressive base — including increased criticism of Israel. Some liberals believe that the treatment of those residing within the West Bank...
Our Culture of Contempt
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Our Culture of Contempt I live and work in Washington. But I’m not a politics junkie. To me, politics is like the weather — it changes a lot, people drone on about it constantly, and “good” is mostly subjective. I like winter, you like summer;...
The Trouble With Taxing Wealth
[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal The Trouble With Taxing Wealth Around the world, governments in recent decades have sought to lighten the burden on capital by reducing taxes on dividends, capital gains, corporate profits and wealth. The motivation is straightforward: more capital means more investment, higher productivity and faster growing...