No one is untouched by the economic problems our country currently faces. At the very least we all know someone who has been foreclosed on, have a family member who has lost a job, or seen a friend’s retirement plan dwindle with the see-sawing stock market. My generation, the recent graduates, the 18-29 year olds, face these problems head-on. Loans and unemployment strike...
This is an exceprt from a commentary by our friend, Henry Fernandez, in "New America Media." Fifty years ago this summer, hundreds of young people organized, rode buses into the deep South and got arrested for challenging Jim Crow segregation in inter-state transit. They were beaten, firebombed and imprisoned. The Freedom Riders knew full well they would not convince segregationist...
Salvatore Babones is an American sociologist at the University of Sydney. His research takes a long-term perspective to understanding problems of inequality and development. His next book, Benchmarking America (http://benchmarkingamerica.com) is due out in 2012. Everyone knows that the current recession has pushed many people into poverty. That's sad, but it...
Bradford Wells and Anthony Makk have been together for 19 years and seven years ago they were legally married in Massachusetts. Despite the fact that they have been together for so long, and Makk is the sole caregiver for Wells, who is terminally ill, they are in danger of being forced an ocean apart later this month. Immigration officials told Makk that he must leave the U.S. and...
