Tag: opinion
YOUR LETTERS: Fixing the systems that have failed working families
We welcome President Biden’s actions to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel, racist and divisive immigration policies and introduce constructive, inclusive alternatives. These essential steps...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: It’s time to turn around the disaster of...
Who would have ever imagined the events of the few two weeks?
As the pandemic surges, leaving so many working families to struggling to make...
OPINION: My hope for Missouri workers in 2021
By REV. DR. TERESA MITHEN DANIELEY
Missouri Jobs with Justice
As we begin another year in the Missouri Legislature and the new Biden/Harris Administration, I maintain...
OPINION: The facts are the facts
By WILLIAM ENYART
It’s time to face facts folks.
Everybody gets to have their own opinion. You do not get to have your own facts.
You can...
OPINION: Where we go from here: A personal account of the...
By U.S. REP. ADAM SCHIFF
Before too much time passed, I tried to sit down and process what happened on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Here...
OPINION: A new kind of slavery
By REV. PETE HILL
Pastor, United Methodist Church
Windsor, MO
In virtually every city in our nation the unemployed, desperate for any income are turning to labor...
OPINION: When did Republicans start hating facts?
A straight line runs from Reagan to Trump
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Republicans spent most of 2020 rejecting science in the face of a runaway pandemic; now...
OPINION: ‘Pathetic’ COVID relief bill includes billions in gifts for the...
By JAKE JOHNSON
In late-night votes just hours after nearly 5,600 pages of legislative text were released, the U.S. Congress approved trillions of dollars’ worth...
OPINION: ‘Workers to write the next chapter in America’s comeback’
By RICHARD TRUMKA
President, AFL-CIO
We know this will be a holiday season like no other.
Many of us will be breaking with our longstanding tradition, staying...
OPINION: Shared sacrifice
By TOM CONWAY
President
United Steelworkers
Chad Longpre Shepersky repeatedly took COVID-19 tests—and waited on pins and needles for results each time—during a coronavirus outbreak at Guardian...