The survival of the planet and the stability of the dollar seem more likely with Michael Bloomberg as president. The major candidates see "more boots on the ground" as a panacea. The melting of the dollar and military overreach have brought the US to the abyss. Take power from the Bush crime family!

The military adventurers of the George W Bush administration have much in common withthe corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. The Bush administration puts off these costs for future generations to pay or repudiate.

Zachariah Hallback, 18, was recently robbed and murdered at a bus stop. Hallback was fought for justice with Baltimore's Algebra Project. Jay Gillen, public school teacher and a mentor of Algebra Project students, reflects on the deaths of youth in Baltimore.

Just as the American people and the world are beginning to recognize the necessity of shifting to renewable energies, Big Coal, in collusion with an out-of-step administration, is pushing their dirty fossil fuel as the solution to our nation's energy crisis.

Coal mining dominates the lives of the people in the remote, coal-rich mountain communities of West Virginia, where coal operators like Massey Energy are waging a remorseless campaign to extract all the coal they can, as fast as they can, before coal is legislated into the past and President Bush is out of office.
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A universal regional basic income is a useful tool for regional development that is fair and insures that cooperation benefits the least advantaged.

Dave Zirin, sports commentator with a left-lean, writes on the struggle of the stadium cleaning workers in Baltimore.

A day in the life of an American Partiot Jeff Fisher By Jeff Fisher
Dedicated to Julia Wolfe…A woman who represents the Five Stars of Respect and Honor for Mr. Fisher and the Fairmont Hotel