Leviathan and Its Enemies is a book about power: who has it, how they got it, how they keep it, and whether it can be taken from them.

  Today we are giving our take on the Biden administration’s announcement that it will be raising tariffs on a host of Chinese-made products. Given they are calling for a 100% tariff on electric vehicles, we ...

  On August 24th, the Department of Justice announced it was suing Elon Musk’s "Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring practices." The news took ...

Given the numerous attempts to pack immigration provisions into current spending bills, there’s probably no better time to talk about the real meaning of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty has long been a ...

Steve and Kevin are at it again bringing their thoughts, opinions and reactions to last week’s international, national, state and local headlines. Acts of corruption, malfeasance, ineptitude, skullduggery and arrogance screamed from the headlines the past week. But hey, it’s all grist for the mill here at the Center for Populist Urban Politics as we churn ...

Welcome to another edition of the CFPUP’s Weekly News Wrap Up! Once again we’re providing you our take on issues that  impact you on an international, national, state, and local level. It’s been a busy week newswise and we found ourselves culling and conflating a lot of topics so as to keep it interesting. Our perspectives ...

Welcome to another edition of the Center For Progressive Urban Politics Weekly News Wrap Up (WNWU) for the week ending Friday, April 24, 2015.  This weekend we discuss: The Armenian genocide, More misconduct on the part of the Los Angeles Police Department, and what a local city election tells us about the political environment today. Thanks for watching and don’t forget ...

Here is another installment of our Weekly News Wrap Up (WNWU) for the week ending 04/11/15. We are bringing you the international, national, state and local stories that stood out in our minds. And this week there were some doozies!! Below are some of the topics we will be discussing: – California’s drought – The Iran nuclear treaty – ...

  On February 24th, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, along with Supervisor Sheila Kuehl sponsored a motion to create a task force to help with the implementation of President Obama’s executive order (EO) granting amnesty to illegal immigrants on the county level. Supervisor Solis pulled out all the stops to get her motion approved to ...