12/12/2012

Pass The Middle Class Tax Cuts Now

The American people deserve certainty, stability, and security during the holiday season – and our middle class families and small businesses deserve to know whether their taxes will rise in the new year.We can make a difference now by extending...

11/16/2012

Fiscal Cliff Fact Sheet -- Clinton-Era Top Rates Tried, Tested and Fair

Here's a look at the Impact of changing tax expenditures on housing market, health care, charities, state budgets and deficit reduction unknown and should be evaluated through tax reform, not lame duck:Revenue Impact: Ending Upper Income Tax Cuts •    Ending...

10/26/2012

Guest Blog: Addie Mae Collins & Head Start Program

The following blog/article was written by Diane Collier, Addie Mae Collins Board Member- Community Relations and Vice Chair Community Board 11-East Harlem in recognition of National Head Start Month:For 47 years, Addie Mae Collins has been serving low income East...

07/30/2012

Nearly 60 Years After Armistice, Korean War Hasn't Ended

Fifty-nine years after the United States and the United Nations signed an armistice agreement with North Korea and China to end the three-year-old Korean War, all the parties to the war are still technically at war.

06/18/2012

Silent Treatment for NYPD

Thousands of protesters marched in silence through Manhattan on Sunday in an effort to end the New York Police Department's "stop-and-frisk" policy, which they claim disproportionately affects young black and Latino men.

06/18/2012

Silent march to protest NYPD's "stop-and-frisk" policy

Several thousand New Yorkers marched silently down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue from lower Harlem to the mayor's Upper East Side townhouse on Sunday to protest the New York Police Department's contentious stop-and-frisk policy.

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12/12/2012

Toward An AIDS-Free Generation

Today, many scientific advances have been made in the medical treatments for HIV/AIDS. There are also widespread efforts to understand the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Despite this, stigma and discrimination remain a reality for people living with HIV/AIDS. Many are still unaware about how to prevent infection.

12/12/2012

Keeping The Dream Alive

America's immigration system is broken. Children are separated from their parents, husbands are separated from their wives, and businesses are suffering without efficient workers needed for economic stability. Immigrant families without a breadwinner are struggling to keep their heads above water. Our current archaic immigration policy is long-overdue for comprehensive reform that reflects our nation's core values.

11/16/2012

Failing Our Troops

In the United States, suicide has become the seventh leading cause of death for men and the fifteenth for women. Every year, there are nearly a million suicide attempts. I am especially alarmed that veterans account for 20% of all suicides. Nearly eighteen veterans and one active-duty soldier take their lives each day. This is simply unacceptable.

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