National
Lonesome Hobo Economics Who should pay for universal health care?
August 1, 2009Who should pay for universal health care? We all should, right? Or, shouldn't it be free?
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Billionaires vs. the people in Connecticuts tax the rich fight
August 1, 2009HARTFORD, Conn. — Four limos filled with “billionaires” drove up to the steps of the Connecticut State Capitol yesterday to hold a “Thank you Governor Rell for NOT taxing the rich!” rally. The July 30 tongue-in-cheek...
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Labor to lawmakers: Dont take our support for granted!
August 1, 2009A meeting of the AFL-CIO’s executive council in Silver Springs, Md., ended July 28 with declarations calling for a new New Deal modeled after the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s, a massive second economic stimulus...
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Professor Skip Gates, Sgt. James Crowley and me
July 31, 2009The second to the last time I was racially profiled was on 23rd Street and 11th Avenue in New York City. It was two summers ago. I had just completed a wonderful bike ride: the sun...
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A historic reintroduction
July 31, 2009The word is out. On Sept. 1, the Peoples World launches a brand new state-of-the art website for the recently re-emerged daily working-class Marxist press in United States. The new format has the potential of dramatically...
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