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OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies

April 29, 2009 By Jarvis Tyner

The Obama administration did the right thing when they ordered the closing of the Guantanemo torture prison, and restored the right of US Cubans to travel and send remittances to their relatives on the island nation.

Unnatural disasters: Auto crisis highlights need to save pensions

April 28, 2009 By Bruce Bostick

The grave situation facing the auto industry is bringing into sharp focus the sorry state in which the Bush regime left our nation’s entire retiree security structure. A recent New York Times piece highlights the pro-corporate...

Why did Susan Boyle become a global phenom?

April 25, 2009 By Teresa Albano

I first saw the headline on Google. Something about “Britain’s Got Talent ‘never been kissed’ Susan Boyle attracts wide viewership.” Yes, the never been kissed part perked my interest.

Restoring reason at the FDA

April 24, 2009

It's official. Seventeen year-olds now get a second chance to prevent pregnancy as easily as older women do. The FDA, per order of the White House, extended over-the-counter access to emergency contraception, also known as the...

May Day — Born in the USA

April 24, 2009

Many of us never learned in school that May Day, the most widely celebrated holiday in the world, was born here in the USA. On May 1, 1886 Americans across this great land left their jobs...