Allison Wyper

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

Musk wants to inspect our IRS data to catch everyday Americans committing tax fraud—an overreach of DOGE’s power. Personal tax data has nothing to do with government efficiency.

Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions (Gift Article) A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”

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Column: We live in Mike Davis' L.A. — but not the one you think As someone who has read most of Davis' work and knew him personally, I can say that his writings were cris de coeur more than lamentations. He was less Jeremiah and more John the Baptist, preparing th...

“‘The kindness of people and importance of organizing — and the next step is organizing ourselves to help ourselves.’
She recounted one of her late husband’s favorite Irish proverbs: Under the shelter of one another, people live.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Republicans in Congress want Americans struggling to afford student loan payments to shell out nearly $200 more each month to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

Hot damn. Nirvana at #FireAid was 🔥🔥🔥

Insurance companies retreated from California while investing billions in fossil fuels Insurers are perpetuating the climate crisis by continuing to invest hundreds of billions in the fossil fuel industry, experts and advocates say.

Say what you will about corporate owned newspapers, but LA Times’ regional climate reporting is excellent.

www.latimes.com/california/n...

I cherish my memory of seeing Marianne Faithfull with Matt McGrath in Robert Wilson/Tom Waits/William Burroughs’ The Black Rider at ACT in 2004. Her voice was a deep, knowing growl. May she rest in peace.