Media Project Op-Ed

Forty years ago, workers in the United States won a great victory.

On July 29, 1970, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) ended its successful grape boycott when the growers agreed to sign the first contract with the union.read more

The rains are coming in Haiti, but there are more homeless people in Haiti today than the day after the earthquake hit in January. More than 1.5 million Haitians are living under tattered tents, tarps and sheets, which will provide little protection during hurricane season.read more

States must halt their assaults on the elderly and people with disabilities.

Facing an economic crunch, more than half the states in the country have opted for cruelty. They are slashing crucial services, such as providing meals or paying for home health care or housecleaning for those who need assistance.read more

Today, July 26, I celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). I only wish it fully lived up to its promise.read more

Twenty years ago, on July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law and changed millions of lives for the better — including mine.read more

Revisiting Scopes is helpful to understanding Arizona’s recently passed “ethnic studies law,” HB 2281, which, like the Butler Act, attempts to control what schoolchildren can learn.read more

Just because BP seems to have stopped the oil spill does not mean we should go back to business as usual in the Gulf.read more

The 2010 report of the Alzheimer’s Association highlights some jarring statistics. Currently, some 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, the seventh leading cause of death. By 2050, between 11 million and 16 million will have it.read more

LeBron James’ pronouncement that he and his court would make a grand egress from chilly Cleveland to muy caliente Miami left me laughing.read more

Congress should not have gone on recess without extending unemployment benefits. Not only should those benefits be extended; they also should be increased.read more

When Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was laid to rest in an Arlington cemetery on Tuesday, July 6, his bigoted past was interred with him. In the long span of his life, he demonstrated that people have the power to change and move beyond their hate.read more

We have a choice: We can pull a fast one on future generations, or we can take serious action, now, on climate changread more

By the time my kids are grown up, may we all have the right to marry the person of our choice and to raise our children without prejudice.read more

On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blessed.

Remembering Howard Zinn on July 4.read more

We need to consider leaving our schools open for the summer, partially staffed, so that students who have no safe place to go can stay at this refuge. We need summer-long community activities to be expanded and fully funded. We need to keep our children fed, involved and safe.read more