Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/15/romney-to-welfare-mothers-you-need-to-go-to-work/

Republicans have spent the last week attacking President Barack Obama after a Democratic CNN contributor said that Ann Romney, who is the mother of five, had “never worked,” but it turns out that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has also said mothers on welfare “need to go to work.”

Link: http://truth-out.org/news/item/8478-erased-peoples-excised-histories-from-railroad-workers-to-war-crimes-funders-ads-on-amtrak

Railroad tracks(Photo: Steve took it) After discovering during a recent train trip that Sabra hummus, a boycott target of the Palestine solidarity movement, was served on Amtrak, I wrote this essay to tackle what the Sabra brand's presence on the train evoked for me, the child of a railroad worker: the grim intersections of oppression at home and abroad. Presented in five vignettes, the following thoughts are shaped by the Asian-American experience and by the state of urgency that is anti-racism in the era of Trayvon Martin.

Link: http://now.msn.com/now/0414-56-tattoos-removed.aspx?ocid=todnow11

Remember when you were young, foolish and got that tramp stamp of a dolphin leaping over a yin-yang? You might regret it, but at least you can hitch up your pants. Poor Kimberley Vlaeminck had 56 tiny stars tattooed on her face 3 years ago and now desperately wants them off

Link: http://theintelhub.com/2012/04/15/u-s-roads-and-bridges-being-built-by-chinese-companies-as-american-economy-teeters-on-collapse/

A recent report by ABC has confirmed what many have claimed for years; infrastructure jobs are going directly to foreign countries, particularly China.