Haggen Stores Closing: Corporate Greed Costs Eight Thousand Jobs in California

Haggen Stores Closing: Corporate Greed Costs Eight Thousand Jobs in California Posted: 25 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT By Doug Porter  Less than six months since taking over 146 Albertsons and Vons locations, the Haggen grocery chain has announced closings for all its locations in California, Arizona and Nevada. Twenty-five stores in San Diego county will be shuttered, just two days before Thanksgiving.  (More inside) Pope Francis gave his long-awaited address to Congress yesterday. Local faith, community and labor activists took the opportunity to amplify the pontiff’s messages on the social justice and the environment, holding a press conference and a packed interfaith forum at St. Paul’s Cathedral. (More Inside) There are many noteworthy events coming soon: Point Loma Democrats will feature a presentation by Rabbi Laurie Coskey on the fight for $15 movement, The Center on Policy Initiatives will hosting the Spotlight on Justice Awards, and Organized labor is stepping up its game with the 2015 San Diego Conference on Labor and Community Solidarity. (Details and more events inside)   [Read more...]     San Diego Free Press shared from End of 50-Year Lease Allows Expansion Opportunity for San Diego Wetlands Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:34 AM PDT By Roy Little There is a unique opportunity to expand the wetlands in the north-east corner of Mission Bay due to the ending of the 50-year lease for Campland and the legal agreement to have De Anza Cove vacated. The San Diego Audubon Society is leading a planning and study effort to investigate the options of a wetlands-oriented expansion of the marsh. The existing wetland is shown in dark green at the right side, Campland and Rose Creek in the lower center and De Anza Cove to the left. Until roughly a hundred years ago Rose Creek flowed through the marsh but was re-routed to make development easier. From a wetlands and water quality perspective the original flow of the Rose Creek is important in order to help purify storm water before it reaches the bay and provide nutrients to make the marsh more healthy.   [Read more...]     Climate Change Fixers’ Bag of Tricks Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:31 AM PDT By Sarah “Steve” Mosko / Boogie Green Halting global warming is the chief environmental challenge of our time. While heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) is not the only greenhouse gas (GHG), it’s the most abundant and longest-lived in the atmosphere and contributes the most to global warming. In March, atmospheric CO2 content reached a new high of 400 parts per million, already past the 350 limit many scientists believe is a safe level above which we risk triggering irreversible consequences out of human control. Second only to China as the largest CO2 emitter, it’s incumbent on the United States to lead the world in addressing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that the window of time to avoid the worst effects is just a few decades. Yet the United States has not adopted even a nationwide strategy.   [Read more...] Geo-Poetic Spaces: Never Home Again Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:30 AM PDT Two months after Europe I boarded a westbound plane for map coordinates that used to be home Three hours of shuffling through the labyrinth of London's border bureaucracy to obtain the minotaur's stamp   [Read more...]

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Pope Francis Looked Happier To Be With The Homeless Than With Members Of Congress

Pope Francis Looked Happier To Be With The Homeless Than With Members Of Congress

Shortly after finishing his historic address to Congress Thursday morning, Pope Francis declined to stay and talk with lawmakers, choosing to spend his time with a very different group of people: The homeless....(read more)

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In a shocking move, Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that he will resign from Congress at the end of October. Now the trillion dollar questions are: will the government manage to stay open next week, and who's going to replace him? At a campaign event, Jeb Bush says he won't give African American's "free stuff." Plus in case you haven't heard, the pope's in town -- and he stood up Congress to have lunch with the homeless. Read more in our top stories of today: Conservatives Push Out Boehner Because He Wouldn’t Shut Down The Government Over Planned Parenthood House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican lawmaker from Ohio who has served in Congress for more than 20 years, will resign his seat at the end of October, according to the New York Times. ...(read more) One Of These Four People Will Probably Be The Next Speaker Of The House Jeb Bush Says Unlike Others, He Won’t Give African Americans ‘Free Stuff’ Speaking to a crowd of mostly white Republicans in South Carolina this week, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush mused on his strategy to win over voters of color. ...(read more) High Profile Rape Case Involving NHL Star Takes Another Bizarre Turn Pope Francis Looked Happier To Be With The Homeless Than With Members Of Congress Shortly after finishing his historic address to Congress Thursday morning, Pope Francis declined to stay and talk with lawmakers, choosing to spend his time with a very different group of people: The homeless....(read more) ThinkProgress | Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H ST NW | Washington, DC 20005 Contributions to Center for American Progress Action Fund are not tax deductible

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Pope Francis Lays Hands On Ailing U.S. Infrastructure

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NEW YORK—Treating the frail, long-overlooked structures with an unparalleled display of compassion, Pope Francis reportedly inspired a crowd of onlookers Friday by laying his hands upon the ailing United States infrastructure. “My heart just melted when I watched the pope interrupt his address to walk over and gently embrace this disfigured bridge cross-girder that was covered in unsightly rust,” said New York City resident John Reedy, one of thousands of observers reportedly moved to tears as the pontiff reached out to the weak and crippled metal framework, gingerly kissed the decayed surface, and then closed his eyes while blessing the neglected overpass. “Most people turn the other way when they see such mangled, hopeless infrastructure, but he showed it such tenderness and attention, like he was really willing it to heal. Who knows—maybe God will intervene and save these decrepit structures.” At press time, the Vicar of Christ reportedly called upon the crowd to pray for the swift and painless passing of the terminally ill education system he had recently encountered.

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Seeking the Common Good

Seeking the Common Good Walter Moss: To a Congress that is often beholden to special interests, the Pope's reminder of the need to pursue the common good and the welfare of the poor was a rather pointed rebuke. READ MORE shared from

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