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From Charles Dickens to George W. Bush

November 8, 2002 By Bruce Bostick

The novels of Charles Dickens portray life during the development of modern capitalism in England. In Nicholas Nickleby (1838), one of the characters describes a venture in which members of parliament join with capitalists to launch...

Health costs crisis

November 8, 2002 By Phil E. Benjamin

The winners of this week’s Congressional elections will be representing a population increasingly angry over health care costs. For the fourth consecutive year, health care costs will be increasing, and this will be the highest level...

ILWU calls for investigation of Bush

November 8, 2002 By Evelina Alarcon

LOS ANGELES – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union sent a letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft, Nov. 1, calling on the Department of Justice to conduct a full investigation into the apparent collusion between the...

Whose recovery? Unemployment up

November 8, 2002

Commentary War talk from the Bush administration has done a pretty good job of shouting down any news coverage of rising unemployment. Just released figures from the Labor Department show that unemployment continued to climb slightly...

Harvey Pitt, SEC head, shown the door

November 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

Harvey Pitt, the Wall Street yes man whom President Bush had appointed to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was forced to resign on Nov. 5.