budget crisis

Ending wars, creating jobs, top mayors’ agenda

June 14, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

More than a dozen mayors are sponsoring a resolution to end the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and use the savings to pay for job-creating programs in the nation's cities.

Gloomy about the economy? The solution is stimulating

June 13, 2011 By Sam Webb

Calls for austerity fill the media and the political corridors of power, but it's akin to pouring gasoline on a fire.

Say no to austerity politics

June 10, 2011 By John Case

When I heard this past week that no new jobs stimulus, WPA-type program or mortgage relief is on the table at the White House, I felt stunned.

Fairness in taxation: Do it now

June 9, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Passage of the Fairness in Taxation Act would be an excellent way to observe the 10th anniversary of the disastrous Bush tax cuts.

Firefighters, nurses, farmers turn up heat in Walkerville

June 7, 2011 By John Wojcik

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold led 1,000 firefighters, nurses, farmers and a motorcade of taxi cabs and an antique fire engine, in a demonstration that encircled Capitol Square.