
Where is the movement to turn around this economy?
To really keep up with just population growth some 200,000 good jobs, ones that pay a living wage, need to be created each month.

De Blasio calls for unity in the fight for quality education
In an effort to set the record straight and heal a rift with New York State's Gov. Cuomo and charter school supporters, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a major speech on his education policies at Riverside Church last Sunday.
The war that won't go away
Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.

Animals: Thinking, feeling, and emotional individuals
"I cannot see an animals' expression - eyes, behavior, purring, etc. - and convince myself that it's anything other than a thinking, feeling, emotional individual."

Nuclear disarmament policy a mixed bag, at best
The ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the negotiation of a Fissile Materials Treaty, both of which the Obama administration favors, have been held up, one by the U.S. Senate, the other by another country.

We are not going back!
From slavery to today's struggles against structural racism and for democracy for all, the African-American people continue to play a strategic role.

