Jaime Escalante, the iconic math teacher from Bolivia, who taught math for years at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles died today after battling cancer. In recent weeks, Jaime Escalante was in the news because his family was having difficulty paying for his medical care, as his insurance did not cover the full cost [...]

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California GOP gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner have each penned their own opinion pieces in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times. After reading both pieces, my sense is that Meg Whitman is trying to position herself to be a bit more ‘moderate’ on the illegal immigration issue at least relative to Steve Poizner. Regarding Meg [...]

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California’s race for governor has increasingly taken on an anti-immigrant tone. Instead of focusing on the employers who hire undocumented people and then laugh all the way to the bank with larger profits earned on the backs of people coming to the US for a better life, the California GOP has decided to put the [...]

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I have some more blog pieces coming in the next few days, but in the meantime, I thought this was pretty funny, a spoof of the “Yes We Can” video with GOP minority leader John Boehner screaming, “Hell no, you can’t!” from the House health care vote this past weekend. Regardless of where you stand [...]

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The following is a guest post by Barbara O’Brien, who has blogged for The Mahablog, Crooks and Liars, and AlterNet. She has also been a panelist at the Yearly Kos Convention and a featured guest blogger at the Take Back America Conference in Washington, D.C. Mississippi is one of the states in the US that [...]

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After the “Where’s Waldo?” routine she pulled this weekend for not being on the Hill while everyone was gearing up for the big health care vote, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez showed up Sunday and cast a “yes” for the health care reform bill. I was pretty sure that she would in the end vote “yes” because [...]

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Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, known for milking her 5 minutes of fame and attention-whoring ways, apparently was not on the Hill today, one of the busiest days in Congress this year on the eve of the historic health care vote. I have been following the vote tally on twitter and from various news sources, but the [...]

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Earlier today, I read about Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar and his indecision to support the health care reform bill. Representative Cuellar (D-Texas) is concerned about tort reform and the Stupak language. If you remember, the Stupak amendment in the house health care bill restricted a woman’s right to chose. Additionally, in regards to tort reform [...]

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