politics
Egyptian workers form independent union coalition
February 4, 2011Egyptian workers, suppressed by a government-sponsored and government-run labor federation, have broken away to form their own independent unions and federation and join the popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak's dictatorial rule.
Read moreGroups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian
February 2, 2011Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.
Read moreGermany: Scandals for the Baron and a vote for more war
February 2, 2011A series of scandals scratched the shining image of the scion of conservative Bavarian circles. But the Bundestag once again defied German majority opinion and voted to continue the use of troops in Afghanistan.
Read moreDel Valle emerges as Chicago’s progressive mayoral candidate
January 31, 2011Miguel Del Valle emerges as Chicago's progressive mayoral candidate.
Read moreOhio poll: Don’t cut people’s programs
January 31, 2011The old adage that people may want the ox gored, but not their ox, appears to hold true in the findings of an Quinnipiac poll published last week in Ohio.
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