Barbara Russum
LATEST ARTICLES BY Barbara Russum
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Opinion
Cameron went to the bottom of the ocean. So what?
March 26, 2012James Cameron made a historic solo dive in his Deepsea Challenger to the Mariana Trench.
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U.S.
Senate’s phony “JOBS Act” not about jobs, deregulates Wall Street
March 23, 2012AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka came out with a blistering statement on the Senate's passage of the so-called "JOBS Act."
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Labor
Indiana GOP ramming “right to work” but battle continues
January 11, 2012The struggle for workers' collective bargaining rights suffered a blow in Indiana, but the fight is not over yet.
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Opinion
What does the U.S. working-class look like these days?
October 28, 2011Peoples have been arriving on the North American continent for thousands of years, over land bridges and across oceans, some on foot.
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Opinion
Manufacturing jobs coming back to the U.S.? What’s the catch?
October 27, 2011The big-name Boston Consulting Group issued a report titled "Made in America Again: Why Manufacturing Will Return to the U.S." But the key word in the title is why.
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Opinion
Suspicions confirmed: It’s lack of demand, stupid!
October 26, 2011Lack of demand, not government regulation, is the big problem with the economy.
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U.S.
Photographer Milton Rogovin dies at age 101 in NY
January 18, 2011BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Milton Rogovin, a social documentary photographer who built a life's work by looking through a lens at people who were invisible to others, died Tuesday, January 18, at age 101.
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U.S.
People’s World to pick up labor journalism prize
November 8, 2010A People's World editor will be among those honored by the nation's labor journalists for excellence in their craft.
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