Sept. 8 is International Literacy Day, and we should focus our attention on what we need to do, here at home, to educate our friends and neighbors.read more

The Department of Labor needs to shake off the three decades of inertia that has allowed the construction industry to view equal opportunity for women as optional.read more

All we want is a chance. We want the same opportunities given to everyone else. We want the chance to better not only ourselves, but America too.read more

On Aug. 26, in recognition of Women’s Equality Day, we must demand that the candidates support paid sick days.read more

Republicans should give up their ugly campaign to declare English our official language.read more

He and Romney are attempting to turn the clock back legally, socially and culturally to a less just, less equitable place.read more

We need more local broadcasting, not a return to the Fairness Doctrine, to enhance our media diet.read more

We don’t need meaningless platitudes from our leaders in the face of horrific gun violence. We need action.read more

The shooting rampage Sunday at the Wisconsin Sikh Temple outside Milwaukee has got to prompt serious soul-searching about our out-of-control gun policies in this country.read more

This Aug. 6th, let us remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and let us finally get out from under the nuclear shadow.read more

Those who thought that peak oil would mean that the world economy would “by necessity” embrace renewable energy were fooling themselves. Even as the alarms were ringing, industry and consumers here remained addicted to fossil fuels.read more

When Mitt Romney claimed that Israel’s “culture” is responsible for its economic superiority, he was recycling the “Southern Strategy”— this time with Muslims and Arabs added to the mix.read more

Already, the drumbeats of war are beginning to silence reformist voices. Romney should stop banging on that drum if he cares about democracy in Iran.read more

Now is no time for complacency. Only with knowledge, prevention, education and medicine will the AIDS-free generation be in sight.read more

President Obama has reneged on his promise to usher in a new era of U.S.-Latin American relations.read more