Opinion
Starkovich loved unions, children, flowers….despised redbaiters, unionbusters!
March 14, 2014Nearly 200 people gathered at the Urban Horticulture Center to honor George Tony Starkovich for his lifelong work as a union organizer, an activist for jobs, peace, and equality. Starkovich died February 26 at age 91.
Read moreIs the Earth overpopulated?
March 13, 2014We must bring down the population through universal education, and government assisted family planning programs; doing so is a necessary condition of controlling global warming.
Read moreAnimals: Thinking, feeling, and emotional individuals
March 12, 2014"I cannot see an animals' expression - eyes, behavior, purring, etc. - and convince myself that it's anything other than a thinking, feeling, emotional individual."
Read moreNuclear disarmament policy a mixed bag, at best
March 11, 2014The ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the negotiation of a Fissile Materials Treaty, both of which the Obama administration favors, have been held up, one by the U.S. Senate, the other by another...
Read moreWe are not going back!
March 11, 2014From slavery to today's struggles against structural racism and for democracy for all, the African-American people continue to play a strategic role.
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