Opinion

COMMENTARY A Coup in Albany

June 14, 2009

The mess in the New York State Senate would make for a relatively enjoyable reality show—if the living standards of so many New Yorkers weren’t put at stake. The actions of Sens. Pedro Espada, D-Bronx, and...

Try paying for your dialysis with 50 shares of bankrupt auto stock

June 14, 2009

Once upon a time, when a company went bankrupt, everyone took a hit: workers lost wages, stockholders got killed and the creditors got only tiny bits of what was left. The law guaranteed that it would...

Health care for all means immigrants, too

June 12, 2009

Any health care legislation being drafted in Congress should meet the goal of covering all people in America, including immigrants who are not citizens and immigrants who are undocumented. People in these categories make up a...

Racism: Look whos talking

June 12, 2009

Right-wing commentators and politicians have been railing against racism. Have they finally seen the folly of their ways? Are they criticizing their fellow right-wingers for spreading racist pollution via talk shows and corporate suites? Sadly, no....

BOOK REVIEW: Painting, poetry and song combine for breathtaking read

June 12, 2009

BOOKREVIEW Wandering Star Translated by C. Dickson Curbstone Press, 2008, 360 pp. If a Romare Bearden painting, a Pablo Neruda poem and a Billie Holiday blues song were by means of an arcane alchemy combined to...