Obama, reform and the role of the left
After the first, perhaps over analyzed, hundred days of the Obama administration, it is fair to say that President Obama is a reformer and we are entering an era of reforms, possibly radical reforms.
Immigration reform welcome news
We welcome the news that both of the nation’s major labor federations have agreed to join forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system. They are backing the Obama administration’s call for a path to legalized status for each of the 12 million undocumented people now living and working in the United States.
Letters: Nukes, Berenson, Travel to Cuba, free speech, J.H. Franklin
Nuclear sense Fujimori and Berenson Dangerous speech Travel to Cuba John Hope Franklin
Love your mother
Earth Day, April 22, is sandwiched between Tax Day, April 15, and Workers Memorial Day, April 28. Just around the corner is May Day, May 1, the international workers day and a day for flower baskets and maypoles. What do they all have in common?
Editorial: Seeking a nuke-free world
President Obama told a crowd of 20,000 in Prague April 5 that the U.S., the only nation that has ever used nuclear weapons, has a “moral responsibility” to lead the way in seeking “the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”
Editorial: In defense of equality
All people who cherish liberty, justice and equality have something to celebrate after Iowa’s Supreme Court and Vermont’s Legislature added those states to the short list of places in America where gay marriage is recognized as legitimate and legal.
LETTERS Banks, pensions, G20, drugs, and more
Banks What to do with the banks? Turn them into credit unions!! Jo Forman Via e-mail
LETTERS On taxpayers, Special Olympics, change, hope and life
On taxpayers Special Olympics Fed up and looking for change! Hope rising I need your help Good month for life
At issue: role of government
Today’s Republican right wants us to forget this concept. They persist in the discredited mantra, going back to Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” that what’s needed is to shrink government, deregulate Wall Street and corporate power, and have us all pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps.
Car talk: whats wrong, whos to blame?
President Obama’s auto task force is giving Chrysler 30 days to finalize a merger with Fiat, and General Motors 60 days to further consolidate brands, reduce debt and show additional plans to produce fuel efficient “green” cars. If they fail to comply, bankruptcy is left as the option.
