| Nov 21, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyAs the Occupy Wall Street protesters are swept out of their encampments around the nation, many are asking what the movement’s next step will be and whether the police actions might actually help the two-month-old populist outburst grow. But even for those...
| Nov 14, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyIt’s a David and Goliath struggle. The Occupiers’ tents are dwarfed by the skyscrapers of the financiers. The Masters of the Universe control huge political budgets — the Chamber of Commerce alone spent $276 million to give Republicans a majority in the...
| | Rights / DemocracyThe latest local and state elections results suggest that voters have second thoughts about the tea party’s political agenda. Consider the following: In Ohio, unions scored a victory. Voters elected tea-party-backed John Kasich as their Republican governor last...
| | Rights / DemocracyYou can tell politicians are getting nervous. They’re playing the “In God We Trust” card again. You’d think that card’s all but worn out — Congress did, after all, make the slogan the nation’s official motto in 1956 —...
| Nov 7, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe Obama administration, which is currently deporting a record 400,000 people each year, took a minor step to protect immigrants. Now many Republicans are accusing him of treason. “Potential illegal immigrants may surge across the border making it difficult for...
| | Rights / DemocracyIt seems like new reports of scandalous cheating schemes or other wrongdoing at public schools emerge every week. From New York City to Tulsa, Oklahoma, the problem of school corruption is widespread. What can be done? There’s no surefire solution. Teachers and...