Fighting for Clean Water in Endicott

By Joan McKiernan

Endicott residents and local activists got disappointing news just after Christmas when they learned that the “stink trucks” will continue bringing pollutants through our town. On December 22, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued the permit to allow i3 to continue importing landfill wastes for processing in the former IBM Endicott plant before discharging the fetid effluent into the Susquehanna Read the rest of this entry »

Partial Victory! Students & Community Say No to Sweatshops

By Mary Lister

Under long-term pressure from students and community   members, Binghamton University Dining Services has finally agreed to stop purchasing supplies from the sweatshop company Reynolds! Students pledge to continue organizing until the boycott is campus-wide, extending to all university sub-contractors. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Real News

The Russia hacking story distracts from real and important   issues surrounding the CIA and its future in U.S. policy.

One of those real issues is that the CIA has consistently lied to the American people for many, many years. Why would Trump conclude that CIA Director Brennan was spouting fake news? Well, in the past 15 years, the CIA said that it was not torturing its prisoners. That was a lie. Read the rest of this entry »

What Comes Really Cheap? Workers in Broome County.

By Dave Duncan

Wages in Broome County rose by 3.5% from the second quarter of 2015 to the second quarter of 2016 according to a report from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics that looked at the 18 largest counties in NYS. This makes workers in Broome County the second poorest paid in the state, at $8.01 per hour. Oneida County is at the bottom, slightly below Broome. Weekly wages in the poverty stricken state of West Virginia are the same as those in Broome. Read the rest of this entry »

Democrats Join Republicans in Bashing the Poor

 By  Dave Duncan

It is a well-established fact that fraud by people receiving Welfare amounts to a very small percentage of welfare recipients. Yet our Democratic County Executive Jason Garnar and Republican District Attorney Stephen Cornwell have teamed up to create a position of Welfare Fraud Prosecutor.  The new position will cost the Broome County taxpayers $99,000 per year.  County Executive Garnar, newly elected to replace the welfare bashing executive who used a public credit card for personal use, is taking the same road that, in the past, Republicans reserved for themselves. Read the rest of this entry »

Can You Believe This? Donald Trump’s Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

(From Steven Salaita on FB)

Here’s a transcript of Donald Trump’s remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast:

Thank you, thank you everybody, thank you. It’s great to do my first prayer breakfast. We’ve got seven more to go, at least seven more. Who knows. I’m winning so much they may have to change the Constitution. Next time we’re gonna win even bigger. My people have done the calculations, we’ve looked at the polls, we expect 107, 108 percent of the vote. And we’re just getting started. But the reason we’re here is because of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry »

The Hustler Who Did Not Get Elected

Selected Quotes:

PM Fund Manager:

When you are not in a position to wield power and broker deals for wealthy individuals, corporate entities and foreign Governments who stuff money into your bank account, the money flow stops.  It just stops.

The first reports about the Clintons’ ‘pay for play’ piggy-bank were that the Clinton Global Initiative would be shut down.  Now it’s being reported by Investor’s Business Daily that the entire Clinton Foundation will be laid to rest.      Dave Kranzler Read the rest of this entry »

The Future of U.S. Health Care

The Affordable Care Act is about to be replaced. The Republican Party has long vowed to repeal it, and they now have the opportunity. But they haven’t given a hint as to what will replace it or whether they will provide coverage for all Americans. This change is coming, and it needs to be done right this time. A single-payer plan answers every objection offered against the Affordable Care Act. Read the rest of this entry »

Editorial: Why We Publish the People’s Press

Over six years ago a number of almost like minded people held a series of meetings that led to the decision to start a community newspaper which came to be called the People’s Press. It was admittedly going to be a tough decision to carry out. Researching material, writing articles about local happenings, editing, layout, printing, financing and then distributing 2,500 copies of the paper every two-three months was going to be a very time consuming task for volunteers. Read the rest of this entry »