Jan 31
Gun control advocates headed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, including Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who was shot at point blank range in an assassination attempt in 2011. All eyes were on Giffords as she gave a moving testimony in front of Congress and called on her former colleagues to act on a number of reforms, …
Jan 28
Here’s a preview of what’s happening this week on FORA.tv: A protracted economic downturn; a deepening debt crisis; and a lack of confidence in Washington leadership has created uncertainty among many Americans. Coupled with instability in Europe and a fear that rising powers may eclipse the United States, are we as a country still able …
Sep 21
Recognition will do nothing, says Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the UN. The Palestinian economy won’t change. Its institutions will not get stronger, and the country will not have more autonomy. Wrong, says Maen Rashid Areikat, Palestinian Representative to Washington. If there will be no change than why are the United States and Israel so against recognition? …
Sep 09
While unemployment has dropped since President Barack Obama entered office in 2009, the current rate still hovers at 9.1 percent, or almost 14 million people, and the economic growth has stalled in many parts of the country. Many US citizens now fear another recession is on the horizon. On September 8 date, Rep. Eric Cantor, …
Aug 26
This year, Labor Day will be marked by record unemployment rates paired with stagnant wages for working people, said Richard Trumka, who in 2009 became the youngest person ever to be elected AFL-CIO president. He spoke at the Christian Science Monitor Breakfast on August 25. “People have pretty much lost faith in Washington to solve …
Aug 17
Political pundit James Carville says Mitt Romney has the best chance of winning. After all, he’s the ‘old white guy.’ Since 1944, old white guys have never failed to win the nomination, he says. Who was more old and white than McCain in 2008? No way, says New York Times columnist Gail Collins. Romney is …
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