by Gloria Totten | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
Today - January 22 - is the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which recognized abortion as a constitutional right. This year, as in every other, the media has focused coverage on the annual anti-abortion demonstration in Washington, even...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced this week that the company would repatriate $252 billion, give or take a few billion, then invest in America and create some American jobs – for a change. This is a result of the massive tax cut Congressional Republicans awarded...
by George Goehl | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
Imagine telling a laid-off employee they won't have Medicaid to fall back on. On January 11, the Trump administration issued this cruel announcement: If you can’t find a job, don’t count on being able to get health care. Under an unprecedented new policy, the...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
President Trump ran on promises to "drain the swamp" of special interests and corporate lobbyists in Washington, DC, but higher education policy in his administration is a quagmire of Okefenokee proportions. Just to review the latest developments to emerge from the...
by Cindy Garcia | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog
It was a crisp day in November when my husband Jorge and I drove from our home in Lincoln Park to Detroit for our annual check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We were hopeful that after twelve years of paperwork, Jorge would finally be approved to...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
Eric Schmidt, a top executive at Google ever since he joined the company as CEO back in 2001, is stepping down later this month. He’s leaving his latest executive slot about $14 billion richer than when he began his Google career. Expect a digital avalanche of praise...
