Analysis
EDITORIAL Cost of anti-immigrant laws
May 24, 2009State after state, some 45 in all, continue to suffer major budget shortfalls due to increased costs of anti-immigrant “enforcement only” local laws. According to a report released last January by the National Employment Law Project,...
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SPEECH The impossible becomes possible
May 23, 2009The following is a speech given by Communist Party National Chair Sam Webb, at the PWW’s Better World Awards banquet in New York City, May 17, 2009. On the heels of the first 100 days of...
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Union contract at Yale based on history of struggle
May 22, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Four thousand six hundred union workers at Yale University here won a major victory last month. At a joint press conference with Local 35 service and maintenance workers and Local 34 clerical...
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Washington Times fanned stereotypes with Obama daughters’ picture
May 22, 2009Original source: BlackNews.com The Washington Times quickly yanked the picture of Malia and Sasha Obama juxtaposed with the screaming headline “36 Chicago area kids killed sets record.” Times editor John Solomon blamed it on a computer...
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EDITORIAL Unity on health care
May 21, 2009Two months ago, we wrote: “We support “Medicare for All” as put forward in Rep. John Conyers’ HR 676. And we agree with advocates for a strong government health care plan as an essential part of...
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