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Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Executive Director at the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, an advocacy group for low-wage workers
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Roxana Tynan
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Which Way, L.A.?
Will Thanksgiving Become "Black Thursday?" “There was something terribly offensive… about this violent, gluttonous, materialistic shopping holiday eating up the one day we’re just meant to be thankful for what we have.” That’s according to Brian Rich, a marketing worker at a credit union in Idaho who’s “ Boycott Black Thursday ” page on Facebook is booming.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
To the Point
Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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How was the trip? President Trump's travels got less fun as he went from the Middle East to Europe.
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Ex-FBI Director Comey tells his side of the story Today, former FBI Director James Comey came close to calling the President who fired him a liar. The White House denied the claim and called it insulting, but Republican Senators did not challenge Comey’s truthfulness. Many questions remain: did the President try to obstruct a federal investigation? Later, we’ll go behind the “velvet rope” for a look at 5-Star health care for the richest Americans.