Typically, my father included us all, and we were put into jackets and ties, as if it were Easter.
A Constitution that names and recognizes the tribal nations within our nation, that decentralizes some power and that includes us all in the process is possible.
After all, Dr. King's vision included us all working to better our communities throughout the year, not just for one day.
To discourage women and men from joining this brutal movement, we need to heal the vicious cycle of violence, fear and hatred which is growing between communities, and to move towards a future that includes us all.
This week's conversations don't affect only some of us; they affect and include us all.
The temptation of greed, the fear of the stranger, and the illusion of a quick fix do distract us for stretches of time but in the past we have eventually returned to solutions that include us all.
Although I have never worked at a union shop, I can attest that they help hold up the wages for all the workers, including us salaried types, at all the other manufacturing shops around here.
The fight hinges on this: Are these and other depictions of Mafia myth, legend and reality merely works of entertainment beloved by all, including us Italian-Americans, who for the most part feel flattered by the excellence of the attentions?
