Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.

From its onset, the labor movement has been at the forefront of the fight to improve working conditions and workplace safety. At the local level, knowing their union has their back gives workers the confidence and support they need to stand up and report harassment, poor working conditions, or workplace safety violations.

Workers should not be prevented from bargaining with the companies that help set their wages, benefits, schedules, and workplace conditions.

Instituting equal pay is especially important because families in our country increasingly rely on women's wages to make ends meet. When women bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families - groceries, rent, child care, and doctors' visits.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

I urge the Department of Education not to settle for half-measures when it comes to students.

I began my career in Los Angeles and started working fairly quickly.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.