A couple of my friends lost their jobs the other day. Right after one holiday and before another.

What do you do? I did what I could, I took some of their cards, put them in my wallet and promised to keep my ears open. And I will. I'll...

As Democrats wake up to a huge wave of Republican victories, especially in the U.S. House of Representatives, we can be certain of one thing: without the massive turnout of Latinos who broke heavily for Democrats in key races, the disaster would have been even more severe.

Case in point,...

Dino Rossi, Sharron Angle, and Ken Buck Amongst those the Haters Love to Love

Arizona GOP Candidate, Jesse Kelly, is up in arms. He claims to be disgusted by people calling attention to his accepting an endorsement from known racists. To wit, when Kelly was called out by the Democratic...

Fast on the heels of the revelations about Meg Whitman, The Nation exposes another hypocrite in the person of Lou Dobbs, who, it was found, employed undocumented immigrants even as he railed against them, even as he demanded jail time for the very act he committed.

The...

Today, the Republican Party released their so-called Pledge to America. It's written by a former lobbyist to corporate giants such as AIG and Exxon. The plan pledges to increase the deficit by trillions, take health insurance away from tens of millions of people, unleash corporate wrongdoers to wreck havoc on...

Last evening, Congress passed a historic national service act designed to bolster programs for civic engagement and volunteering. It's a terrific piece of legislation giving more Americans a chance to be heroes. But its passage made me wonder why our country needs so many heroes. Take for instance, my cousin...