democracy – Page 94 – People's World

U.S. influence figures in Honduran presidential race

October 22, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Honduras chooses a president on November 24, and Xiomara Castro, candidate of the new Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) is running. Three U.S. congresspersons have some election advice for Secretary of State John Kerry.

Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown

October 11, 2013 By John Wojcik

Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.

Shutdown: New phase in a very American coup

October 11, 2013 By Sam Webb

They didn't wear jackboots, but the shutdown of government by an extremist faction of the Republican Party can only be described as a new phase in a very American coup.

Senator: Coal mine owners treat workers as “property”

October 4, 2013 By PAI

WASHINGTON (PAI)-The nation's coal mine owners "so victimize" their workers that the workers "come as close to being property as anyone I can imagine," a leading congressional advocate for the miners says.

Obamacare exchanges open: Facts, myths and tips

October 1, 2013 By Teresa Albano

Misinformation about the Affordable Care Act continues to flood every possible means of human communication, filling people's heads with lies and nonsense. (There are NO "death panels"!)