In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.

It seems to me morally a decent society will try to take some of the increased benefit and use that to alleviate the pain of the few who are bearing the cost that made it possible.

Transportation spending is a win-win proposition.

Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back.

This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.

Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the country.