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Occupy Wall Street fuels growing bank divestment movement

October 25, 2011 By Joe Sims

A new movement is emerging to divest from bank responsible for the housing mortgage crisis and the global capitalist meltdown.

Teachers cautious on education law rewrite

October 25, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The nation's two teachers unions are taking a cautious, wait-and-see attitude towards a draft rewrite of the nation's basic federal education law.

SEIU leader: Americans, South Africans face similar challenges

October 25, 2011 By Barb Kucera

It appears both the U.S. and South Africa are discussing simliar issues such as rising income inequality and the challenges of advancing a progressive agenda.

Austerity cuts in Greece cause suffering

October 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

"The thing doesn't end with salary cuts. It's the uncertainty of what will happen tomorrow, because each day they tell us something new."

Study: Public employee pensions a bargain

October 25, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Public employee pension plans are actually far more cost effective than defined contribution, the 401k-style plans fashionable in the private sector.