| Dec 12, 2012 | Environment / HealthI know what it’s like to depend upon coal to feed a family. Many years ago, I worked at an Ohio steel mill. My job was at the coke plant where West Virginia coal was turned into coking coal for the blast furnace. The top of the coke ovens was an area the size of...
| | Economy / BusinessSometimes, the folks who aren’t protesting can be just as newsworthy as the crowds mobilizing in the streets. Consider the news coverage of a bunch of rallies held recently around the country. Protesters from Duluth, Minnesota to Jackson, Tennessee called for...
| Nov 21, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyAn Occupy Wall Street sign said it best: “They only call it class warfare when we fight back.” Over four long decades, American working families and poor people have seen wages stagnate, social services slashed, and our unions attacked. Since the Great...
| Nov 8, 2012 | Environment / HealthLike most U.S. climate activists, I breathed a sigh of relief as the election returns rolled in. You didn’t have to be paranoid to fear that Mitt Romney just wasn’t taking seriously the potential devastation in store for us if we don’t change course....
| Oct 31, 2012 | Peace / SecuritySometimes a person you’ve been trained to hate comes across as reasonable. That happened to me when I met Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Every year, during the United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s mission to the United Nations offers a Persian dinner (no alcohol)...
