My heroes in baseball oppose Arizona's immigration law
Latino players plan to boycott baseball's all-star game if it occurs in Arizona.
The war on antibiotics
Without strict new regulations, the way beef, poultry, and pork are produced in America could rob us of effective antibiotics.
Relieve the unemployment pain now!
The reality is that unemployment insurance extension is one of the best things that can be done right now to help the economy. Contact your senators today.
"Structural" unemployment and the jobs that aren't coming back
Is there any hope for the unemployed? Apparently not. Many, says Chrystia Freeland, global editor-in-chief of Reuters news, are people "on the wrong side of history."
Fighting to be reborn
It wasn't quite "old home week," but attending the U.S. Social Forum last month in Detroit, where I had lived for many years, was special, and thought-provoking.
“The Girl” is tough and mean
Meet Lisbeth Salander, standing 5 feet tall and 88 pounds, she is the toughest and meanest gangster movie protagonist to date.
A dramatic reawakening of a people’s movement
DETROIT - Two significant things happened in this beleaguered city recently that show the possibility of turning our country's problems around.
“Heat” in Cleveland
The life was sucked out of Cleveland yesterday, July 8, as LeBron James announced he would be joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.
Of lynch mobs and lawsuits, immigration reform today
As the summer marches on, the possibility that a comprehensive immigration reform law be passed before the November elections is more and more problematic.
Totalitarian household: review of "Dogtooth"
Giorgos Lanthimos's recent film "Dogtooth" captures the physical and moral damage that occurs when what is perhaps the ultimate insult is visited upon otherwise healthy human beings.
