William Bigelow

Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s pension has been revealed. The Los Angeles City Employee Retirement System announced Wednesday that he will garner $97,380 every year for the work he did governing the city.  Villaraigosa’s pension is to cover the 24.5 years

You might not want to go to a McDonald’s if the workers there don’t get the higher wages for which they’re striking. Adam Sharp of SharpElbows.net attended a demonstration where fast-food employees protested their low wages. Among the protesters was

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), speaking at a news conference convened to support Rep. John Conyers’ (D-MI) End Racial Profiling Act, said Florida teen Trayvon Martin died because of racial profiling.  “Civil rights is still the unfinished business of this nation,” Cardin

Guess why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he’s not completely happy? He gave an interview with The New Republic in which he said, “Am I happy? I’d like to be president of the United States.” McCain defended his selection of

The Congressional Black Caucus has suggested that Barack Obama replace the outgoing Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, with a woman who may be the least qualified person ever to be suggested for a nationally important post:

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. economy would be “much better off” if federal, state, and local governments hired more workers.  As cities like Chicago face budget crises from unfunded pensions for retiring public workers and cities as large as Detroit

President Barack Obama believes that the Keystone XL pipeline–a proposed nearly 1,200-mile oil pipeline project–would create permanent jobs numbering only in the double digits. Speaking in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Obama claimed the Keystone XL oil pipeline would create a minimum of jobs, despite

Anthony Weiner has dropped to fourth place in a July 29 poll released by Quinnipiac University of the Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City, behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (27%), Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (21%), and

Eliot Spitzer, the former governor of New York who resigned after he was found to be frequenting escort agency Emperors Club VIP, has now risen above such shenanigans. Sptizer says he thinks Anthony Weiner, AKA Carlos Danger, should not be

In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Daily News, Anthony Weiner had an interesting response when he was asked whether he’s still sexting.  The Daily News asked, “There is no one you are sexting now?” Weiner refused to offer an unequivocal denial,answering, “You can quibble

A Florida pedophile puppeteer who was caught before his plans to  kidnap, rape, murder and cannibalize toddlers came to fruition was sentenced on Monday to 20 years on pornography charges, although prosecutors had asked for a 30-year sentence. Ronald William

Civil rights activists meeting with Barack Obama and Eric Holder at the White House on Monday emerged delighted with promises made to them to counter the action of the Supreme Court in June striking down the coverage formula in Section

If you have the money and you’re doing the time, it is best to be incarcerated in Fremont, California.  The Fremont Police Department is giving the option of paying a one-time fee of $45 and an additional $145 per night

According to a New York Post columnist, the McDonald’s Mcdouble may be the healthiest food you can get for cheap. Post columnist Kyle Smith argued that the McDouble has 390 calories but is loaded with 23 grams of protein, 7

Isaac Galvan, the first Latino councilman of the city of Compton, CA, is coming under scrutiny because he has not filed the required campaign disclosures for his primary and runoff elections. His first act as councilman was to hire his former