Wage Theft Robs Workers and the Economy

2010-08-31

Juan Carlos Ordóñez

Payday arrived, but the paychecks did not. Read the complete article

African Bloggers Talk Identity Politics

2010-08-28

Lova Rakotomalala of Global Voices for The Skanner News

It goes without saying that ethnicity is a sensitive subject when discussing African policies. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Even Millions Can't Buy Love For USA From Pakistan

Taliban and al Qaida still exert influence

2010-08-28

Foster Klug of the Associated Press for The Skanner News

The U.S. reputation in Pakistan, a country the Obama administration sees as crucial to defeating the Taliban and al-Qaida, already is so tarnished that even millions of dollars from Washington for flood victims probably will do little to change the thinking of most Pakistanis. Read the complete article

For Black Farmers, Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

2010-08-26

By Marc Morial, National Urban League

(NNPA) - For more than 10 years, tens of thousands of Black farmers have been denied justice and a share of a $1.25 billion government settlement as compensation for decades of discrimination in federal farm loan programs. Many have lost their farms waiting. Some have died waiting. And on Aug. 5, before going on its summer recess, the Senate prolonged the wait by failing to once again appropriate the funds to right this egregious wrong. Read the complete article

Atlanta Housing Riot Should Open Our Eyes

2010-08-26

By the Rev. Al Sharpton

(NNPA) - We often see the images of starving children and impoverished families flashing across our TV sets. Many times, they are huddled in massive groups waiting for food handouts, safe housing or any other basic necessity. Read the complete article

Detroit: America's Ground Zero of Urban Decay

2010-08-26

By Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College for Women

(NNPA) - Only one in four young Black men graduates from high school in Detroit. The rest are lost and left out, swallowed by a city where urban blight, industrial desertion, and educational failure define daily life. Detroit is ground zero, exemplifying the absolute worst of urban life. It had a passionate champion in Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, who recently lost her bid for reelection. But as passionate as Cheeks Kilpatrick and Senator Debbie Stabenow have been about Detroit, this is a city that won’t bounce back without revolutionary intervention Read the complete article

The Real Unemployment Rate is 18 percent

Psst. That's 23 percent when you add the underemployed

2010-08-23

By Mike Gimbel, Chair, Local 375, AFSCME “Labor/Community Unity Committee

The 9.5 percent “Official Unemployment rate” has no credibility. It is classic “political spin” intended to fill worker’s heads with a non-existent hope that a recovery “is right around the corner”. Read the complete article

Imagining a World (or Nation) with Paid Sick Days

2010-08-22

By Linda Meric, 9to5 - National Association of Working Women

There are many areas of life in this country where it appears that we live in two worlds. And that’s no different when we consider paid sick days. In the first world, if you’re sick, you stay home from work, take care of yourself, and have the time to get better. Read the complete article

America – The New Third World?

2010-08-21

By James Clingman, NNPA Columnist

(NNPA) - I thought I had seen it all during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when thousands of people waited for days at the convention center for a drink of water, where some of them died in the hot sun and the rancid water, where thousands more were holed up in the Superdome in conditions that rivaled foreign prisons, and where many who were looking for food in order to survive were accused of looting and subsequently shot down like stray dogs. Read the complete article

Marcus Garvey: Celebrating the Black Liberation Icon's 123rd Birthday

2010-08-17

By William Reed Business Exchange

Aug. 17, 2010 marks the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Marcus Garvey. The legend of Garvey is based on his leadership toward Blacks’ pride and self-determination. When Garvey died in 1940, European countries dominated the world. But, it was his teachings that spurred uprisings and rising expectations among colonies... Read the complete article