Not many Americans realize that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote and talked about the economy, not just about non-violence and racial peace. He knew that there could be no harmony without people having enough money to meet their basic [...]

It seems to me there was a time when our elected officials only stopped to pat themselves on the back after accomplishing something good. Now they pat themselves on the back just for avoiding something bad. It is time to [...]

Today was my last day as an employee at one of NYC's public hospitals. You probably remember that a few days ago the Daily News told you that the president of these hospitals, Alan Aviles, makes $360,000 a year. Alan Aviles [...]

Now that that pesky billboard bearing awful news about the frequency of abortion among black women (59% of all pregnancies, according to the website it leads you to) has been removed, we can all go back to treating abortion as [...]

Dear State Senator John Bonacic (New York): Thank you for your reply on October 8th to my letter regarding the distribution of a bit of extra to welfare recipients this summer. In response, I begin by drawing your attention to [...]

September 22, 2010Public Employee Press125 Barclay StreetNew York, NY 10005Dear Public Employee Press Editor:I am a local 768 social worker working in pediatrics, and am troubled to read about the deal to cut $12 billion from the Food Stamp program [...]

Toward Full Unemployment: Moving Beyond Wage Slavery By Robert Theobald The movement to abolish chattel slavery took fire when we began to realize how demeaning it was for people to be owned by another person who held the power of [...]

Author's note: I wrote and mailed this letter in January via regular mail (NYC Housing central office does not give out its fax numbers). I am still awaiting response. January 6, 2011 John Rhea, Chairman New York City Housing Authority [...]