This past Sunday, more people in the U.S. usually go out to eat in restaurants than at any other time of the year. Why? Mother’s Day is when we are supposed to recognize the women in our lives, especially mothers. To eat out means to give many women a day off, at...
A horrific anti-immigration law (SB 1070) was passed last week in Arizona. Under the new legislation, local and state police officers will have the authority to stop anyone and demand identification, without a warrant All they need to do this is have a so-called...
Immigrants in the U.S. • The U.S. has always been a country of immigrants. The vast majority of people in the US are either immigrants themselves or the relatives of immigrants. • There are 38 million immigrants in the US, twelve percent of the total population. •...
One of the most important working class holidays, May 1 or May Day, originated in the US in the 1880s, with the struggle for the 8-hour-day. The issue of a reduced work week or shorter hours had been a demand for workers both in the US and around the industrialized...
Tax (noun) – definition 1. an amount of money levied by a government on its citizens. 2. a strain or heavy demand. This system is over-taxing us. The government is taking our money at the federal, state and local levels. And the system is taxing us – putting a huge...
