Corporate profiteering at heart of foreclosure crisis
Maximizing corporate profits remains as a driving factor in the housing crisis according to Congressional testimony and news reports today.
Capitol Hill swamped with calls for health care public option
Union members and other health care reform advocates bombarded Capitol Hill July 28 with phone calls demanding enactment of health care reform with a strong “public option.”
The 'Skip' Gates arrest: Racism is more than an attitude
The other day, I was sitting in a coffee shop in Cambridge, not far from the racial profiling incident of Henry Louis Gates that triggered a national conversation on race and racism, and, being a bit nosy, heard some references to 'Skip' Gates.
150,000 South African workers walk out
Johannesburg has been brought to a grinding halt with 10,000 local government workers marching to Mary Fitzgerald Square to reaffirm their union's demand for a 15 per cent wage increase and a housing subsidy. About 150,000 workers in the country have stopped work. Unions say that most public services are disrupted.
Message from Kalispell: Give us health care reform NOW!
Steffi Baca of Kalispell was one of hundreds of Montana constituents who rallied outside the district offices of Democratic Sen. Max Baucus July 24 to demand that he include a strong public option in the health care reform bill his committee is drafting.
Kaiser security officers win first contract
OAKLAND, Calif. ― “Now that we have this new health care, I feel secure that if I get sick, or my kids get sick, I won’t be afraid to take them to the doctor. I haven’t seen a doctor in almost three years, but now I can get all my necessary doctor visits and be comfortable about it.”
White House school reform plan draws mixed reaction
Teachers unions and advocates gave a mixed reaction to a $4.35 billion education reform initiative announced by President Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week.
At La Raza conference: We are America activists say
CHICAGO – Thousands of activists and community leaders from all parts of the U.S. are meeting here July 25-28 at the McCormick Place West for the annual gathering of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), known as the country’s largest Latino civil rights organization.
Review: Dean's prescription for real health care reform
To be sure, the American people are feeling a bit confused by the prospects of health care reform in this country. A troubling article that appeared in the July 23 edition of the New York Times illustrates the fact, offering up the mostly negative reactions of several different types of people—the poor, small business owners, well-to-do suburbanites—after President Obama’s prime time press conference on the issue.
'Cash for clunkers' to boost car sales
New car buyers or leasers can now get up to $4,500 when they qualify for the government's newly launched Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program, also known as the 'cash for clunkers' program.
