BY JIM HIGHTOWER If one obscure college professor dies, does it make any difference? If you’re Margaret Mary Vojtko, yes. Margaret Mary died last summer at age 83 – and her death has turned her name into an emotional rallying cry for adjunct college teachers who’re seeking justice from their schools. Vojtko had taught French […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH I admit it. I have been obsessed with the plane. Most of the stories I’ve read offered no new information, but I read them anyway. In a way, I suppose, it is a relief to know that the 777, long considered to be an extremely safe plane, was not brought down by […]

BY SHARON MARTIN Here’s the bad news: A handful of billionaires are trying to hijack our democracy. They buy politicians and write the laws. Here’s the...

BY FROMA HARROP The story of Josue Noe Sandoval-Perez, an illegal immigrant recently deported back to his native Mexico, perfectly captures the chaos of our broken immigration system – and for all sides of the debate. Settled in this country for 16 years, Sandoval-Perez appears to have been the good father and hard worker his […]

BY NATHAN COSBY President Obama focused his campaign on the words “hope” and “change” in 2008. After six years of the current White House administration,...