Voices
July 2, 2010 -
By Joe Uehlein, Labor Notes "There are no jobs on a dead planet." That's how one union leader answered those who say that unions should be concerned only about jobs, and leave the planet to someone else to take care of. Many unions and both labor federations hailed Barack Obama's bold talk about solving America's jobs crisis by putting millions of people to work in "green jobs" that would solve the climate crisis by
June 2, 2010 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest President Obama's declaration that the federal government is in charge of the response to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is apparently meant to deflect Katrina comparisons and show that his administration is fully engaged. With that P.R. mission accomplished, Obama now needs to turn to the question of what to do about BP.
May 28, 2010 -
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer
May 21, 2010 -
Who is Kamau Marcharia a.k.a. Robert John Lewis and why should anyone care about him? And, how did he get tangled up in sex offender punishment and politics, voting rights litigation and school board representation, nuclear energy, race politics and black versus white representation, name-calling, greed and lies?
April 29, 2010 -
By Matt Wasson, Huffington Post
April 26, 2010 -
By Danny Chiotos, It's Getting Hot in Here Say, did you see him going; it was early this morning He passed by your houses on his way to the coal