economy
Hope is stronger than hate
September 28, 2010In their effort to win the Congress this year and the White House in 2012, the Republican Party and their tea party attack dogs are unashamedly promoting fear, racism, bigotry and red-baiting.
Read moreGOP “pledge” condemned as flim-flam
September 24, 2010It's being called a "public relations" ploy, a kind of "Herbert Hoover economics," whose "numbers don't add up.."
Read moreRepublican “pledge”: kill jobs, give money to rich
September 24, 2010While the GOP plan would deliver this harsh blow to working families, it would add some $629 billion to the deficit in order to provide new tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans.
Read moreAt UN, Obama highlights break with Bush policies
September 23, 2010Obama's boldest statements came in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, when he dismissed "cynics" who say a just peace is impossible.
Read moreRehire all laid-off teachers, rally demands
September 23, 2010"I'm carrying my purse, because they are trying to steal from us. I'm not wearing my earrings because we are in a fight!" declared Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis.
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