economy
Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery
June 6, 2011Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.
Read moreTexas jobs vigil slams “free trade” pacts
June 6, 2011Labor activists are blasting the GOP "free trade" proposals to cut public workers' jobs and to lessen unemployment benefits.
Read moreSocialists punished in Portuguese parliamentary elections
June 6, 2011The ruling Socialist Party was severely punished in Portugal's parliamentary elections on June 5.
Read moreBleak numbers: unemployment rate up, jobs scarce
June 3, 2011The unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent in May, up from April's 9 percent rate, signalling a pause in any economic recovery.
Read moreRepublicans redistribute the wealth – to the wealthy
June 2, 2011Republicans call redistributing wealth un-American, but they have turned the government into a mechanism to ruthlessly redistribute wealth to the upper crust.
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