People were stunned when they heard that East Haven, Connecticut Mayor Joseph Maturo said he “might have tacos” in response to a question about what he was going to do to reach out to the Latino community in light of a federal probe of four of his city’s police officers. But to people familiar with East Haven, it sadly came as no surprise to hear the now infamous remarks...
Something seems to be missing these days in America, and it’s the spirit of solidarity. It seems like we’ve been a country of “what’s in it for me” for a long, long time. The lack of solidarity in this country was evident to me when I attended Tavis Smiley’s Remaking America “From Poverty to Prosperity” discussion in Washington, D.C., recently....
Because it's the holiday season, my son Alex came to work today. And he got to come on a very special trip-- to see the President argue for a payroll tax cut extension and extension of unemployment insurance. Here are his reactions to the President's speech. Many people are on a budget and $40 is a lot of money to them. $40 can change the world. $40 will buy...
Before I started writing for the blog here, I was another out-of-work, recent college graduate, like so many of my friends. My brother had graduated three years before me and, at that time, my parents struggled to help him figure out a way to get health insurance. My family was lucky enough to be able to do that, but many of my brothers’ friends weren’t able to get insurance, and...
