“If you eat an entire pie without cutting it, you technically only had one slice.” Those insightful words were not written on a subway wall, but rather in the restroom of a particularly charming …
In 1787, eleven years after the American colonies declared their freedom from England’s King George III, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” …
We often hear several reasons for the decline of the labor movement. Complex labor law, bosses’ union avoidance tactics and the lack of organizing all share the blame. What we don’t hear about is …
What do oyster beds have in common with independent movie theaters and foreign film cinemas? Both are headed for extinction because of mindless environmental damage or cultural injury. Even …
Believe your lying eyes. Just this once. Please? Our federal legislators, though elected, shouldn’t consider themselves the divine “elect.” Yet it seems they are the truly “elect” above us, …
With economic fallout from the 2020 pandemic largely behind us, the construction sector is experiencing a much-needed resurgence across the country. According to a Deloitte Center for Integrative …
In its last decision of the year,the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a president has “immunity” for any “official” acts as president. According to the majority opinion in Trump v. the …
Once again, Mayor Eric Adams has chosen to overlook critical facts and components of the Retirees’ Medicare Advantage program he so strongly endorses. Material misrepresentations must not be …
Common sense, that endangered property of human intelligence, says that since e-bikes are increasingly crashing into people and inflicting grave injury, and because their batteries are prone to …
There is no "savings" to be found by forcing retirees into Medicare Advantage because no money was going back to the taxpayers, as affirmed by the Independent Budget Office. The Municipal Labor …
Bleeding on the brain can result from a box falling on your head or from a diet of over-the-counter pain remedies that you take in order to avoid seeing a doctor and thereby risk disgruntling your …
This month we have been treated to yet another bipartisan Supreme Court assault on our right to organize and strike. In Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney the court nullified the NLRB’s temporary …
Next week, the NYC Administration for Children’s Services will hold its annual Child Protective Specialist Appreciation Week celebration, when we recognize and thank all those who work in …
If you're waiting for a politician to make the right decision for the right reason, be advised you will have a lot of time on your hands and eternity will outlast your patience. In the meantime, …
It didn’t take much proselytizing to convert America’s white evangelical Christians to Trumpism. Like an ecclesiastical Svengali, Donald Trump exerted an evil influence over the majority of …
"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about,” said Oscar Wilde. That's what I kept telling myself as I tried to meditate my blood pressure down after reading a recent …
On Monday June 3 the the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress declared an open-ended general strike to resist the government’s neoliberal policies that have wrecked the economy and …
The best ideas often stand the test of time, but frequently contain the seeds of their own destruction. The doomsday gene insinuates itself and attaches to the DNA of the original thought, taking it …
In April, two NYC Legal Aid Society lawyers filed suit claiming their right to not pay union agency fees. Although they work for a nonprofit, they argue that since their employer is funded by …
My father thought God had abandoned us Jews during World War II. He survived the Holocaust as a teenager in a forced labor camp in Romania. Today, the Palestinians may suspect they …
We'd play rough in the dirt, pick our noses, snack on Devil Dogs with unwashed hands, leave our prints on escalator railings and a hundred other grubby communal surfaces and hardly ever get sick. It …
Largely unnoticed in the recently enacted state budget is a short passage that in essence bars the MTA from using facial recognition software to catch fare evaders. “There has long been a concern …
If you want to be taken seriously as a whistleblower in most workplaces these days, your best bet may be as a football referee. But even though your revelations may be dismissed, the sound of …
By banning the MTA from using "biometric identifying technology" as a tool to combat fare beating, which costs taxpayers three-quarters of a billion dollars annually, New York State has bought into …
An accident waiting to happen is not good enough. The city will not install a traffic light until an intersection has racked up a certain number of per capita fatalities. That's when the optics are …
