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GOP economic plans signal class war on working families

February 1, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Detailed analysis of House Republican economic proposals reveals an extreme agenda that few Americans would have knowingly voted for.

What happened to the War on Poverty?

February 1, 2011 By Pamela Powers

With the remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy and the passing of Sargent Shriver, a foot soldier in the War on Poverty, recently, I have been reading about the early 1960s and listening to speeches...

State of the Union and openings for progress

January 28, 2011 By Sam Webb

The president's State of the Union speech provided openings and challenges for the labor and people's movements on jobs and economic security, peace and democratic rights.

China-U.S. summit was a win-win

January 28, 2011 By Sam Webb

Last week's White House summit meeting between President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao marked an important turn in U.S.-China relations.

The national debt: Another path is possible!

January 27, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Making major cuts in military spending could not only make a major dent in the national debt, but would also save many lives and put our country on the road to a new international policy of...