EDITORIAL
Welfare for allWhen the United States economy was more abundant, it was common for many of those who were affluent to denigrate government entitlement programs. Their contempt stemmed from two major sources: a doctrinaire commitment to an unfettered free market, and a profound objection to the expenditure of taxpayer funds for welfare, Medicaid, public housing, food stamps and other programs. More » |
Protection at the polls still neededThe "Bloody Sunday" attack on peaceful civil rights demonstrators on March 7, 1965, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., led to the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). It was inevitable that the election of Barack Obama as president would lead to attempts to overturn Section 5 and the act itself. More » |
OPINION
Expand low-power radio stationsWhile the number of American radio stations is growing, ownership is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands due to widespread media consolidation. This means today's radio often offers national playlists, syndicated programming and other piped-in content that threatens localism and the diversity of voices on the public airwaves. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Clearing up the scope of the state's prison health care problemI would like to call to your attention an error that was made in the Banner's March 19, 2009, article titled "Prisoners lack health care resources, sympathy of others." More » |
