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Minimum wage hike would actually add jobs

August 24, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Raising the federal minimum wage from its present $7.25 hourly to $9.80 over the next two years would create 100,000 new jobs.

Anti-nuclear weapons activist returns to prison

August 24, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

With prayer and song, dozens of supporters saw anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Susan Crane back to prison.

The meaning of Romney’s Ryan choice

August 20, 2012 By John Case

The strategy and tactics of this time means defeating Romney/Ryan and re-electing Obama/Biden. The alternative is moving further in negative territory.

More than a few rotten apples on Wall Street

August 20, 2012 By Sam Pizzigati

"The man of great wealth owes a particular obligation to the state," Teddy Roosevelt noted a century ago, "because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government."

Being president takes more than a businessman

August 20, 2012 By Ira Ruskin

As we roll, or descend, into another presidential campaign, we have once again an opportunity to think about the qualities that we look for in our leader.