Tag: opinion
OPINION: A strengthened Labor Movement is essential to fixing America’s unjust...
By TOM CONWAY
President, United Steelworkers
Thrown out of work by the COVID-19 recession, hundreds of thousands of unemployed North Carolina residents now risk losing their...
OPINION: The coming eviction crisis: ‘It’s hard to pay the bills...
If the federal government repeats the mistakes of the last recession,
millions of Americans will lose their apartments and homes
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
In Columbus, Ohio, judges...
OPINION: U.S. comes in dead last in labor rankings of wealthy...
By JULIA CONLEY
The International Trade Union Confederation’s world map showing its rankings of the best and worst countries for working people includes a noticeable...
OUR VIEW: The Postal Service MUST be saved
An open letter to our Congressional delegation
To our Congressional representatives:
We believe it is imperative to save the United States Postal Service and urge you...
YOUR LETTERS: Time to change Missouri’s voting process
Missouri has some of the most outdated election laws in the country — laws that are currently preventing us from meeting the challenge of...
OPINION: Medicaid expansion is the right choice for Missouri
By TERRY REESE
President
Missouri Nurses Association
As an advanced practice nurse in a rural primary care clinic, I feel fortunate to treat our nation’s heroes.
But if...
OPINION: Tale of two hospitals — one in Arkansas, other in...
By PAUL TAYLOR
Consider this a tale of two hospitals.
Four years ago, our health system was forced to shut down Ozark Community Hospital in Springfield....
OPINION: A ‘rich man’s recovery’
The economic legacy of the pandemic threatens to be an extraordinary new concentration of wealth
By TIM WU
Since January, Amazon’s stock price has gone up...
OPINION: ‘In union there is strength’
By JAMES MATTIS
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the full text of the statement former Secretary of Defense James Mattis issued regarding...
OPINION: U.S. offshore tax haven corporations still getting pandemic federal loans
By FRANK CLEMENTE
The Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic has been a disaster with over 110,000 Americans dead and two million having contracted the...