June 5, 2006 -
Last week, the North Carolina House voted 72 to 43 to boost the state's minimum wage by $1. The Senate had already voted for a dollar hike in its budget, and Gov. Mike Easley -- who originally supported only an 85 cent increase -- is now backing the full dollar raise for over 100,000 workers.
June 5, 2006 -
In the bloody quagmire that is the Iraq war, who are the heroes? Are they the ones who follow orders and garner medals for carrying out the mission? Or the ones who sense they are part of something that has gone terribly wrong, and speak out in opposition -- or refuse to take part?
June 2, 2006 -
Here's how free speech works in the town of Bentonville, Arkansas -- home of the Goliath of retail itself, Wal-Mart.
June 2, 2006 -
Jordan at Confined Space -- the dean of worker and health safety issues in the blogosphere -- has an important post up about Congressional wrangling over mine safety legislation.
June 2, 2006 -
Rolling Stone now has online the massive (208 citations!) piece by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" As you might guess, Kennedy's answer is "yes" -- the piece is sub-titled, "Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House."
June 2, 2006 -
Our baby Bluebirds have flown the coop. There were, I believe, three. Here are two of them. (click image for larger view)
June 2, 2006 -
Current debates over U.S. immigration have centered largely around unauthorized workers and families, especially Latinos. But as our recent issue of Southern Exposure, "East Meets South" showed, another growing presence in the South are Asian-Americans.