by Our Readers | Jul 28, 2011 | News
Making Life With Cancer “A Little Bit Easier” We would like to give a special thanks to the Valley Advocate, Chief Soundworks and Maximum Capacity for sponsoring the Sy’s Fund First Annual Music Benefit this past June. We would also like to thank the...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 28, 2011 | News
The NAACP has a venerable history: founded 102 years ago by a multiracial group that included legendary figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells, the organization has led the charge against voter discrimination, segregation and lynching, and for civil rights and...
by Stephanie Kraft | Aug 2, 2011 | News
Eye on the Market, an investor newsletter from J.P. Morgan, reported in mid-July that profit margins for Standard and Poor 500 companies rose about 1.3 percent between 2000 and 2007. Those margins, said the publication, had reached levels “not seen in...
by Our Readers | Aug 4, 2011 | News
Corporate Welfare Cheats It is about time someone discussed the issue of corporate welfare and the oligarchs who crowd out the interests of the common man in the lobbies of Congress. Stephanie Kraft (“Rising Margins, Falling Wages,” July 28, 2011) mentions...
by Tom Sturm | Aug 4, 2011 | News
While all eyes are on the massive hosts arrayed in the U.S. Capitol, hope for any retaking of power on behalf of the typically powerless may still lie with the voters of Madison, Wisconsin. It’s going on nine months since the war in Wisconsin began—since...
