politics
Steelworker runs for Ohio council seat
August 30, 2013BROOKLYN, Ohio - When Republicans in the Ohio legislature passed Senate Bill 5, designed to wipe out public workers' pensions, in 2011, it was personal for young Marc Bukszar.
Read moreEconomics is not morality play, but politics is
August 29, 2013For socialist and progressive working-class forces, breaking out of marginalization is the key political challenge of our time.
Read more“The Beast” claims six fatalities in Mexico train disaster
August 27, 2013The train was one of several Mexican and Central American immigrants call "la Bestia" -- "the beast." It goes from Southern Mexico northward to Mexico's Northern border with the United States.
Read moreImmigration reform and “criminal alien” injustice
August 19, 2013The Republican leadership in the House has been threatening to use parliamentary tricks to stop a reform bill even if it has majority support.
Read moreWho should be the next Fed chair?
August 16, 2013If it were my decision, first I would try to talk Ben Bernanke out of leaving, since he is the closest thing to a "Depression scientist" that has ever been in the job.
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