| Aug 29, 2011 | Economy / BusinessYou work hard. You do good work. You loyally stick with your employer through good times and bad. Do you have a right to a paycheck that rises over time? On any Labor Day over the last 50 years, the answer — from labor and management alike — would be obvious: Of...
| | Peace / SecurityTens of millions of people will soon observe the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In New York City, the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died on that day will be read out loud and Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama will join the families of...
| | Rights / DemocracyAfter their state passed universal healthcare legislation this spring, Vermonters were surprised by a gaping omission in national news coverage: they weren’t in it. Despite a statewide grassroots campaign that demanded the historic legislation, most news reports...
| | Economy / BusinessCreating jobs isn’t cheap or easy. Not for the private sector and not for the public sector. But Americans need jobs. We need to be able to work hard all day and provide for our families. While no solutions are easy, there are important steps that the government...
| Aug 22, 2011 | Environment / HealthAmericans use a lot of oil every day: nearly 20 million barrels — or, if you prefer, 840 million gallons. About 9 million of these barrels go toward feeding our cars and trucks every day. What’s more, paying for all of this oil drains as much as $1 billion...
