In the United States today there are at least 5,000 children in foster care because their parents were deported or have been arrested due to irregular immigration status, according to a recent report prepared by the Applied Research Center, a New York organization that promotes social and racial justice. This piece by Salvadoran artist Gabriela … Read more
Simple people simply seeking justice can be the trigger for huge movements. According to a piece in the Washington Post on December 30, Wedad Demerdash was the lone courageous voice in Egypt who inspired the nation and led to a revolution . . . through organized labor. The Post: ” . . . It was … Read more
Bradley Manning I was on my way home on April 9, 2011, when I stumbled into the New York Anti-War Protest passing by my building. Having never taken part in anything like that before, I decided to walk with these thousands of people for a couple of blocks, and listen to what … Read more
HOMELESSNESS IN DC BY CAMERON K. LEWIS The boy in this image represents merely one of the thousands of people in homeless families in our nation’s capital. When new mayor Vincent Gray took office, he opted to makes cuts to the city’s budget rather than raise taxes, creating a $20.5 million gap in aid for … Read more
HAMZA al-KHATIB Every US president, starting with Richard Nixon and ending with Bill Clinton has paid Damascus, the capitol of Syria, an official state visit. This tradition came to an end with Bush the Lesser, the invention of the Axis of Evil, and the implementation of his doctrine. For Bush, problems in the middle east … Read more
