Editors' Blog

Cops don't like Arizona's anti-immigrant law

Arizona immigration law will boost crime in U.S. cities, police chiefs sayVideoBy Spencer S. HsuWashington PostArizona's new crackdown on illegal immigration will increase crime in U.S. cities, not reduce it, by driving a wedge between police and immigrant communities, police chiefs from several of the state's and the nation's largest cities said Tuesday.The new Arizona law will intimidate crime victims and witnesses who are illegal immigrants and divert police from investigating more serious crimes, chiefs from Los Angeles, Houston and Philadelphia said.

War makes you poor

Take Actionfrom Friends Committee on National Legislationhttp://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=15073751

Teabagger myths about health reform debunked

From FactCheck.orgWe’ve seldom seen a piece of legislation so widely misrepresented, and misunderstood, as the new health care law.

Corporations hate Obama

A measure of who is going in the right direction....

Bay Area event: check it out

*** THE UNITED STATES, 2010: A NATION OF PRISON HOUSES! ***Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.Movie: “American Violet” - Based upon a true story of a woman in Texas who fought against systematic criminal frame-ups of several black citizens, on drug charges, and won.Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.Discussion: The Prison Industrial Complex.

Republicans forgot that Susan B. Anthony was a socialist

I was amused to learn this weekend that Republicans have organized a new group called The Susan B. Anthony List.

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