Opinion

EDITORIAL: FISA filibuster

July 1, 2008

The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved by a vote of 293-129 a compromise bill reauthorizing warrantless electronic spying on the American people under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). About 50 Democrats joined the...

EDITORIAL: Talk to Iran

July 1, 2008

Earlier this month, members of Congress joined a wide range of groups in a “Time to Talk to Iran” event on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers say they are being inundated by a “drumbeat of war” from “neo-con”-type...

What Obama didnt say on Fathers Day

June 24, 2008

In a widely acclaimed speech at an African American church on Chicago’s South Side to commemorate Father’s Day, Barack Obama gave a presentation that, while acknowledging the racial challenges of the past, gave great weight to...

EDITORIAL:Summer job blues

June 24, 2008

Youth joblessness is reaching record highs this summer, hitting 66 percent nationwide (the highest since unemployment data was first collected in the 1960s). These numbers rise dramatically for African American youth, who in Chicago face an...

EDITORIAL: Sexism is poison

June 24, 2008

With the windup of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, much attention has been focused on the role of sexism in our national discourse. Some of the discussion has sought to pit sexism against racism, suggesting that racism...