Head Smacker: Taking Blaming the Victim to New Lows
Deborah Weinstein,
August 29, 2014
Central American Children Seek Refuge from Violence;Some in Congress Say The Children are the Threat Children fleeing Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador have been streaming into the U.S. and other nearby nations. Some members of Congress who oppose funding services for them have simply wanted to deny children entry and...
How We Should Really Honor Labor Day
Lecia Imbery,
August 28, 2014
For many of us who are lucky enough to have full-time jobs and paid holidays, Labor Day usually means a 3-day weekend, one last chance to go to the beach before summer ends, getting the kids ready for the new school year, or a barbeque with friends. In short, a...
Fact of the Week: 1 in 7 Americans Rely on Food Pantries
Lecia Imbery,
August 27, 2014
More than 46 million Americans, including 12 million children and 7 million seniors, rely on food pantries and meal programs to feed themselves and their families, according to a study released last week by Feeding America. That’s 1 in 7 people in the U.S. Hunger in America, the study produced...
Head Smacker: Corporations Change Citizenship to Avoid Paying Their Fair Share
Lecia Imbery,
August 21, 2014
Corporate inversion has been all over the news lately. It’s the process by which American corporations renounce their U.S. “citizenship” and, often by buying a smaller company overseas, incorporate in a foreign country, without much change in its operations. This allows these companies to get all the benefits of being...
Fact of the Week: Millions of Part-time Workers are Still Looking for Full-time Work
Lecia Imbery,
August 21, 2014
“Vicki Lira lost her full-time job of 20 years when the printing plant she worked in shut down in 2006. Then she lost a job processing mortgage applications when the housing market crashed. Vicki faced some very difficult years. At times she was homeless. Today she enjoys her part-time job...
