In a move that oddly rejects their own platform, Democrat leadership rejected a proposal from President Trump unveiled in a televised Saturday address to the public. The ‘Immigration Compromise Package’ would have immediately ended the partial shutdown and would have included litigation proposed by them previously including a 3-year extension...
Members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) called a strike on Monday after failing to negotiate a deal with the LA Unified School District. Thousands of teachers participated in the strike, which is the first of its kind in three decades. Teachers are demanding higher pay, additional staff, smaller class...
Nearly a year after the tragic massacre of 17 students and faculty in Parkland a small measure of justice finally seems in sight. Sometimes stories arise that are inextricably intertwined with our personal experiences to the point that it becomes arguably dishonest to maintain a veneer of journalistic objectivity. As...
New York City was among several jurisdictions to start the New Year with a minimum wage hike. Now, some of the workers who campaigned for the increase are out of a job. Starting December 31st, the minimum wage in some areas of New York City increased from $13 to...
As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, we engage in a practice that the great civil rights leader may not appreciate. King was both a pragmatist and a man of high moral principles. His entire life was dedicated to pushing aside a widely accepted false narrative to expose fundamental...
New York City was among several jurisdictions to start the New Year with a minimum wage hike. Now, some of the workers who campaigned for the increase are out of a job. Starting December 31st, the minimum wage in some areas of New York City increased from $13 to the...
Accepting BuzzFeed (which the headline better describes) as a source of news is akin to taking the worst of the checkout counter tabloids as legitimate informational publications – unless you are inclined to believe that babies with psychic powers are taking over the earth and that Hillary Clinton is actually...
Its familiar information by now that Mexico’s institutions are extremely compromised. But few could have guessed the true extent to which the violent criminal organizations plaguing our southern neighbor have infiltrated the Mexican federal government. A bombshell testimony during the ‘El Chapo’ trials already well underway in New York City...
The European Union (EU) is making plans to build a united army after the Franch President Emmanuel Macron made the call last November to start creating the defense system. “Europe’s army is already taking shape,” wrote Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s defense minister for Handelsblatt. “Germany and France are the...
Accepting BuzzFeed (which the headline better describes) as a source of news is akin to taking the worst of the checkout counter tabloids as legitimate informational publications – unless you are inclined to believe that babies with psychic powers are taking over the earth and that Hillary Clinton is actually a...
If you find the headline surprising – even shocking -- or if it has you scratching your head, wondering why you have not heard that really important story, I should explain. Recently, the once-credible New York Times published an above-the-fold front-page story under the headline, “F.B.I. Opened Inquiry into Whether Trump...
New York City was among several jurisdictions to start the New Year with a minimum wage hike. Now, some of...
