America’s Economic Woes
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July 2011, the unemployment rate in the U.S. -- seasonally adjusted -- was 9.1 percent or 13.9 million unemployed persons. (It is…
Once Upon a Time in Syria
In February 1982, Hafez ordered the Syrian army to bombard the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt by the Muslim Brotherhood. In what became known as the…
Republican Party Right-To-Work Laws
Designed to Exploit Workers?
Why do we need unions anyway? Because they are essential for America. Unions are the only large-scale movement left in America that persistently acts as a countervailing balance against corporate…
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
Since his retirement in 1999, one of Mandela's primary commitments has been the fight against AIDS. His son, Makgatho Mandela, died of AIDS on January 6, 2005. AIDS continues to…
From Eugenics to the Holocaust
to the Maltreatment of US Undesirables
Today we see vestiges of eugenics-thinking in post-WWII America in the treatment of African-Americans, Jews, homosexuals, undocumented immigrants and Muslims - as well as traces of racism in the criticism…
Libya and US Debt: Another Treasury-Draining War
Yet, the bill for U.S. participation in the NATO-led Libya mission is projected to reach at least $844 million by September with the U.S. funding about three quarters of the…
Fair Shelter Initiative Hearing On July 14
Care Not Cash or Proposition N was passed by voters in 2002 and was promoted as a means to increase mental health, substance abuse treatment and housing in exchange for…