Opinion

                
  • Nationalize that! Why should Alice and Mike give a damn about failing banks?

    Nationalize that! Why should Alice and Mike give a damn about failing banks?

    February 28, 2009 By Susan Webb

    Alice is 31 years old. She and her husband Mike both have jobs but are worried about losing them given the economic decline. They would like to buy a house but are afraid to now, and...

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  • A woman loved by millions: Rosa Luxemburg

    A woman loved by millions: Rosa Luxemburg

    February 28, 2009

    The remains of the small middle-aged woman were found in June; her brutalized body had been dumped into the Berlin canal in January. That was in 1919. Ninety years later many Germans and people on every...

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  • The gender card

    The gender card

    February 28, 2009 By Lauren Stiller Rikleen

    Once again, we see that there are no boundaries when it comes to making outrageously sexist remarks with impunity. The latest example can be found in a nationally televised interview involving former Republican Congressman Dick Armey.

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    February 27, 2009

    Lessons from Massachusetts Flávio Casoy’s recent article on differences within the health care reform movement and within labor misconstrues the facts. There is strong and growing support within labor, and among the people in general, for...

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  • Afghanistan: war is not the answer

    Afghanistan: war is not the answer

    February 27, 2009

    The good news: President Obama believes military action alone won’t bring peace to Afghanistan. “We’re going to have to use diplomacy; we’re going to have to use development,” he said in a recent television interview. He...

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