Issue: 776

February 14, 2019

Commentary

Happy Birthday, Bob Marley! – February 6, 1945-May 11, 1981 – Happy Reggae Month, Jamaica! World!

By Dr. Lenore Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

That until there no longer First class and second class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war.

WAR Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another Inferior Is finally And permanently Discredited And abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war. That…

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Commentary

An Inmate Minimum Wage Can Give the Incarcerated and the Working Class a Break – Solidarity America

By John Funiciello Columnist

If rehabilitation truly is the goal, a good first step would be to treat prisoner-workers as any other worker. When private prison corporations can shave the cost of $69,000 per inmate in their prisons, it's easy to see why they would be reluctant to give up those profits. Paying inmates a minimum wage is the last thing on their minds.

The debate about whether prison and jail inmates deserve a minimum wage continues as it has for years, with a local paper upstate in New York…

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