Category: OPINION

The recent budget crisis was very harmful to our nation. It put into question our nation’s financial stability and threatened the economic security of millions of Americans. We were forced into such a situation by a few Republican lawmakers who held our economy hostage, playing a dangerous game with the full faith and credit of […]

Even if the debt ceiling is raised, hard decisions will be made about which federal programs will continue and which ones won’t. The civil liberties consequences of those choices are not entirely predictable, but some are. We can already see that higher unemployment rates and the foreclosure crisis are creating a widening racial wealth gap. […]

This much is clear: Mad Maxine Waters’ cronyism of color can’t be whitewashed, no matter how long Washington stalls – Waters critic Michelle Malkin Serious allegations have been made about the conduct of the House Ethics Committee in its case against Los Angeles’ Black Congresswoman Maxine Waters. The House Ethics Committee’s investigation has dragged on […]

A college education transformed my life, as it has for tens of millions of other Americans. Now, my Republican congressional colleagues, many of whom received the same financial help that I did, want to slam the doors to college on deserving students of our own time. I passionately disagree. Each generation of Americans has sacrificed […]

A recent Gallup poll shows that most Americans support President Obama’s plan to raise the nation debt ceiling, set to expire Aug. 2, with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, especially on corporations and the wealthy. In the poll, taken July 7-10, only 20 percent of Americans say deficit reduction should be achieved […]

Recently, The Washington Post’s Colbert King wrote the column, “Do they deserve to be on the DC Council?” I immediately took exception with this utterly ridiculous characterization, because the writer and his paper are directly responsible for creating this culture of corruption that currently exists at City Hall. Of course the writer makes some valid points […]

While a Department of Education program embraces “a race to the top,” our nation’s current stance toward our 14 million officially unemployed people represents nothing less than a race to the bottom.  We are content to report, month after month, unemployment rates in excess of 9 percent, to use questionable language to describe tepid performance, […]

Rarely have the divisions in American politics been clearer – or more onerous. In less than a month, on Aug. 2, if Congress refuses to raise the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, the United States economy could be thrown into a fiscal tailspin that would eviscerate America’s credit rating, lead to sky-high interest rates, rip […]

If House Republicans were to remake the shipwreck film, Titanic, we would be appalled by the portrayal (on one side of the split screen) of women and children from steerage being tossed into the sea, while rich passengers in formal attire were shown (on the other screen) dancing and enjoying their elegant, 12-course meals. Does […]

(NNPA) — After constant attention on negotiations in the National Football League and the subsequent lockout—where the employers refuse to let the employees work—by the owners, there has been something close to silence.  Recent court rulings have permitted the owners to go forward with their lockout, at least for now.  And, the rest of us […]