by Guest Contributor

When my three-year-old son catches a bad cold, I hold him on my lap and press my cheek to his feverish head and wrap my arms around him as he shakes and whimpers. I fix him warm chicken broth with carrots and pastina (just as my mom and my grandmother did), and I sit beside him at the table and spoon-feed him, even though he can feed himself. He stays in his pajamas all day and walks no further than … Read More...

by Guest Contributor

Good movie in Brooklyn this Wednesday: Pricele$$. It’s about campaign finance reform, and it’s terrific. Priceless Screening 5 pm Wednesday, May 9 Longbow Pub and Pantry 7316 Third Avenue (R train to 77th St., walk 1 block to Third, turn right; 3 blocks and you’re there or the B70bus to the Bay Ridge Parkway stop) Free. RSVP to Lenni O’Kelly: lokelly [at] citizenactionny [dot] org, and tell them ACT NOW sent you. Campaign finance reform is the coming battle, and … Read More...

by Katya G

Romney seems to have settled on the emerging theme of Obama being a “nice guy generally” but who is “in over his head”. This kind of positioning is supposedly meant to attract voters who like Obama personally but are unsure about his managerial abilities to run the country. What I think is really happening is that various conservative operatives have resigned to the idea that Romney is not going to excite new voters into voting. The scenario that they have … Read More...

by Lenny

This Tuesday, April 17, when most Americans are filing their tax returns and writing their checks to Uncle Sam, Mitt Romney will be taking an extension until October.  You can get this six-month extension too if you need one — such as if you’re running for president and would rather not make your tax returns public right now. While the highest income tax bracket is currently taxed at 35%, the Romneys have estimated an income of $20.9 million for 2011 … Read More...

by Lenny

This election year, one issue that can’t be stressed strongly enough is how Republican state legislatures across the country have quietly engaged in a systematic attempt to disenfranchise voters. In 2010, Republicans gained control of a number of state governments and promptly began a coordinated campaign of voter suppression through various legislative means:  voter identification laws, restrictions on early voting and absentee voting, restrictions on voter registration and registration drives, and disenfranchisement of those with prior convictions. This transparent suppression initiative, … Read More...

by Chris Asta

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear three consecutive days of arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. “Obamacare”. That might not sound like much time to consider such a momentous issue, but it is nearly unprecedented in the court’s history. Most cases include only an hour of oral argument. That such unusual accommodations are being made suggests that this case is of great importance not just to the American People, but to the Supreme Court … Read More...