Light at the End of the Unemployment Line?
As funds from President Obama's economic stimulus package begin to arrive in the states and new investments in infrastructure and job-saving programs start to flow, does new data from the Department of Labor suggest that the dismal unemployment situation may be turning a corner?
Georgia: State Assembly Fails MARTA, as Service Cuts Loom
ATLANTA – State and local lawmakers joined with activist groups Wednesday, April 08, 2009, in urging Gov. Sonny Perdue to call a special session of the Georgia General Assembly to deal with transportation funding issues.
Public Safety Under Assault from Right-wing Hate Machine
Pittsburgh police officers Paul Sciullo II, Stephen Mayhle and Eric Kelly weren’t killed in the line of duty. They were assassinated.
Americans Need a Real Health Care Choice
'Don't cut the heart out of President Obama's health care reform plan' is the message many people will be delivering to their members of Congress this week as part of a national effort to push for meaningful health care reform.
John Hope Franklin's Moral and Intellectual Poise
In 'A Life of Learning,' an address to the American Council of Learned Societies 20 years ago, John Hope Franklin recalled the 100th-birthday wisdom of the ragtime composer Eubie Blake, who said that had he known he would live so long, 'I'd have taken better care of myself.'
After Massive Fundraiser, Sen. Lincoln Turns Back on Working Families
After reportedly raising $800,000 from Democratic sources in March, including with the aid of Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) announced her opposition to a bill that would help working families boost their standards of living by joining unions.
Analysis: House and Senate Approve Budget Resolutions
The House and Senate moved the priorities of the Obama budget – important steps forward in passing their own Budget Resolutions on April 2. But the Senate’s steps towards investments in health care reform, education, and renewable energy were impeded by a number of amendments that signal roadblocks to overcome.
Global Warming 'Skeptics' Are Wrong
So-called “global warming skeptics” are indeed getting more vocal than ever, and banding together to show their solidarity against the scientific consensus that has concluded that global warming is caused by emissions from human activities.
Seven Reasons to Oppose a Troop Surge in Afghanistan
We know that elements in the military and Congress exerted great pressure on President Obama to ratchet up the war on Afghanistan. To achieve a more rational and peaceful outcome, we need to exert a counter-pressure.
10,000 Marched to Honor Rev. King and Oppose Wars
In the spirit of Dr. King and the movement of equality and justice of the fifties and sixties, I say if we want peace to blossom, we must eradicate poverty, racism, sexism, violence and greed in the U.S. Peace cannot come by crying peace. ...
