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Trumka files dissent from Obama jobs council report

January 19, 2012 By John Wojcik

Trumka said he disagreed and that evidence does not support the claim that significant new job creation would result from such so-called reforms.

Obama’s dangerous Asia “pivot”

January 12, 2012 By Conn Hallinan

The Obama administration is in the middle of a major shift a "strategic pivot" says the Oval Office, in two regions of the world: Asia and Africa.

Immigration rights activists applaud hardship waiver proposal

January 12, 2012 By John Rummel

This past Friday, the Obama administration announced rule changes in immigration policy that would allow undocumented immigrants to seek a hardship waiver while staying in the United States.

He is gone from you now … reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 9, 2012 By Sotere Torregian

"Around 1968," Jackson says, "my parents were working at pretty good jobs, in a factory. Now there are no more jobs. What would Dr. King think of that?"

Recess appointments are welcome start to 2012

January 6, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

President Barack Obama sent a clear and welcome message this week when he made the recess appointments.