U.S.
Mass transit can ease Michigan woes, group says
July 15, 2009DEARBORN, Mich. — Detroit wasn’t always singularly known as the Motor City. Once it was also known as a city that had an extensive streetcar system where people had a choice of how they “motored” around....
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Senators praise Sotomayors empathy for poor, voiceless
July 14, 2009WASHINGTON — With Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sitting in the witness chair, Democratic senators praised her wide-ranging judicial experience and her empathy for working people and the oppressed. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings on...
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Minority unemployment debated in NY mayor’s race
July 14, 2009NEW YORK—William, an African American in his twenties from Brooklyn, works the trains. He goes car to car, selling candy and hustling money through gambling. While most New Yorkers are familiar with street hustlers who bet...
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Investigate Bush administration’s domestic spying, torture
July 14, 2009Civil liberties organizations are demanding a federal investigation into a newly disclosed, far-reaching secret domestic spying program created and controlled by top Bush administration, as revealed last week by new federal report on the country's major...
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Racial gap widens among New Yorks unemployed
July 14, 2009According to new studies, unemployment among African Americans in New York City continues to increase at a higher pace than for whites, and the gap appears to be widening at an accelerating speed, says The New...
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