The Blood Is On Our Hands
I know the subject heading is very tough--but I want us to understand that the deaths of the peace activists in the flotilla are the responsibility of the U.S. Here are my thoughts very quickly [also...
View ArticleCharles Rangel, McCarthyism on Gaza Flotilla Is Vile
While I am running against Charles Rangel in the Democratic primary in the 15th Congressional District, I have also been clear that I will praise him for the good work he has done and the positions...
View ArticleBREAKING-Goldman Sachs Gets Away With Slap On Wrist
If I was Lloyd Blankfein and you told me that I could pockets hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation, play a key role in a scam that cost millions of people their jobs, sent the economy into...
View ArticleWall Street: Goldman Sachs and Business As Usual
As the dust has settled a bit from last week's slap-on-the-wrist to Goldman Sachs, it's worth making this point again: nothing much has changed. After the first few hours of the news that Goldman...
View ArticleTake The Pledge: Defend Social Security
These days, not a day goes by when some politician, Democratic or Republican, or pundit demands that we cut Social Security. Well, my view is this: we have a moral bond to defend Social Security and...
View ArticleCharles Rangel, Step Aside For The Good of The Party
Charles Rangel has contributed in the past to our nation, our state, the people of the 15th Congressional District and to the Democratic Party. For that reason, in light of the very serious findings...
View ArticleCharles Rangel Petition: Do Not Give Us Speaker Boehner
This morning, I was out campaigning early at a subway stop in the 15th Congressional District as part of my effort to win the Democratic primary for the seat currently held by Charles Rangel. Beyond...
View Article10,000 Voices For Social Security: Help Us Get There
Last week, I helped launched a petitioncalling on candidates to commit that, if elected, they would never vote to cut Social Security, or demand that people stay at work additional years before they...
View ArticleBillionaire Give-Away: The Fog of Robbery
Count me in the group, perhaps small, that is unimpressed with the pledge by a group of billionaires to give away large parts of their fortune. Not because I oppose the idea of philanthropy. Rather,...
View ArticleAmerica Today: An Unemployed Mother Kills Her Kids
Every single day that I campaign, someone comes up to me in the streets and says, "can you get me a job?". On one day this past weekend, I got literally a couple of dozen of those questions. The...
View ArticleU.S. Wages As Cheap As India
Along the road of the past 30 years, productivity has been soaring (and technology has been a minor part of that) while wages have been flat--thanks to de-unionization and a simple corporate decision...
View ArticleA Worldwide Revolt Against Poverty Wages
Yesterday, I wrote about how the decline of U.S. wages has made workers here cheaper to hire than workers in India, at least in the call center industry. Today, the news hails from Asia where workers...
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