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Ailí Labañino in Australia talks about the Cuban Five

September 4, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The Cuban Five, arrested by the FBI in Miami on September 12, 1998, were political prisoners; three still are.

Burger King’s new Whopper puts the bite on U.S. taxpayers

September 3, 2014 By Clyde Weiss

Next time you consider chomping into a Burger King Whopper, you might think about the bite this fast food giant is trying to take out of the American taxpayer.

U.S. use of sanctions could spur dollar’s decline

August 28, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

Governor and Senate races top labor’s political agenda

August 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

As the 2014 campaign passes Labor Day, anti-worker and anti-union governors, all right-wing and all elected in the 2010 GOP sweep - are top targets this fall.

Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests

August 14, 2014 By John Wojcik

President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."