First Big Test For Organized Labor In Obama Administration Approaching

The corporate merger of the largely unionized Northwest Airlines and non-unionized Delta Air happened 21 months ago, and soon their combined workforce must chose one path or the other. This is the first big test for the ability of workers to organize under the Obama Administration, and could be a bellwether to the future of...

Wikileaks: Exposing US And NATO’s War Crimes In Afghanistan

Today, The White House sternly condemned the release by Wikileaks  of nearly 92,000 secret US military documents about the conflict in Afghanistan as “irresponsible”. The files were made available yesterday by the whistle-blower website, and include details of covert operations against top Taliban, unreported civilian killings and NATO concerns about Pakistan official ( notably agents...

Right-Wing America: Racism And Religion

There is a preponderance of malicious and racially controversial rhetoric emanating from a particular area within the body politic. The same population of political and social conservatives that espouse their Christianity, and wish to impose it on the rest of the nation, are the instigators of much of the current, racially divisive, rhetoric....

California ACLU Endorses Pot Legalization Measure

The California affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union announced Friday their endorsement of Proposition 19, the initiative on the November 2010 ballot to allow state regulation and taxation of marijuana....

An Open Letter To President Obama From A 99er

I am a 99er. I'm sure you already know what that is, but to clarify: A 99er is a person who has exhausted all available unemployment benefits, including all 4 Tiers of federal EUC as well as state extended benefits....