Posted on January 11th, 2010 by gestroud 4 views
Why should Congress enact comprehensive immigration reform in the current economy? Is legalizing undocumented immigrants really the best solution? How will legalizing undocumented immigrants affect native workers in the United States? Angela Maria Kelley, The Center for American Progress’ VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy argues that the current weak economy makes it all the more vital for the United States to enact comprehensive immigration reform that legalizes undocumented workers.
Posted on October 13th, 2009 by gestroud 10 views
Members of the GOP propaganda organs were ecstatic when Obama failed to get the Olympics for Chicago. They will howl that Obama is guilty of the pre-??9/11 thinking unless he gets us buried in Afghanistan.
Posted on October 5th, 2009 by gestroud 14 views
More and more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people of African descent are marrying. While same-?sex marriage is not the most pressing issue in black communities, these efforts are creating controversy.
Posted on July 27th, 2009 by gestroud 49 views
Americans need real healthcare reform, not just insurance reform, and nobody should mistake the two. Real healthcare reform should offer coverage to the employed, the unemployed, the sick, the healthy, the young, the old. Everyone.
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by gestroud 5 views
There is a saying that history repeats itself and without a doubt that is what is currently taking place in this country with the gay rights movement.
People who supported slavery, denied white women and people of color the right to vote, were all on the wrong side of history by denying people’s basic human and civil rights. And today, there are many who are still on the wrong side of history by denying gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans basic civil rights.
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by gestroud 27 views
Where did this modern “conservative” movement start? Ronald Reagan. In the last presidential election it seemed all of he Republican Party candidates were bending over backwards to give the impression they were the most loyal disciples of Ronald Reagan. Then I remembered an audiotape I heard years ago by movie director Myron Fagan, called “Red Stars Over Hollywood,” in which Fagan repeatedly called Reagan “Ronnie the Red.”
