Voting for the Democrats is a Dead End!
The first year of the Trump administration was one outrage after another. We’ve seen the deportation of immigrant workers, the assault on a woman’s right to control her body, the repeal of basic environmental protections, a tax cut for billionaires, a budget that further slashes social services, and threats of nuclear war with North Korea. […]
Supreme Court: Ready to Undermine Unions
On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing the case Janus v. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers). The case is about whether public sector unions should be able to collect money from all the workers they represent, not just those who have joined the union. Unions represent everyone in a […]
Baltimore Schools: Unfit for Our Children!
Public schools across Baltimore City had to close in early January because their heating systems couldn’t deal with the winter weather. Despite Maryland’s chronic underfunding of Baltimore schools according to the state’s own formula, the governor suddenly found $2.5 million to address the problem and hundreds of workers labored over the weekend to fix the […]
NY/NJ Transit: A Real Trainwreck!
For the past decade, transit riders in the New York-New Jersey area have become increasingly frustrated on their daily rides to and from work. Under severe cuts, transit services have declined while prices have increased across the board. For decades, the New York City subway system (MTA) and the New Jersey PATH interstate train used […]
Nabi Saleh, Palestine – An Example of Defiance
On December 15, a 16 year old girl, Ahed Tamimi, confronted Israeli soldiers who stormed into Nabi Saleh, her village in Palestine. Ahed’s cousin Mohammed had been shot in the head, a nearly fatal wound. Ahed slapped one of the soldiers, for which she has been arrested and remains in jail, already having spent her […]