PW Editorial Board
LATEST ARTICLES BY PW Editorial Board
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Opinion
Public workers are US
March 8, 2011Under the guise of "fiscal responsibility" the tea party GOP extreme right at both the federal and state level is wielding a two-edged sword aimed at the heart of the black and Latino community's economic life.
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Opinion
Capitalist insolence and taxes
March 3, 2011Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup were all deeply involved in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, which prompted the Great Recession and the huge budget deficits. And they pay no taxes.
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Opinion
Stop the attack on Planned Parenthood
February 18, 2011Republicans are trying to wipe out all funding for family planning, and defund Planned Parenthood entirely, in the budget bill to be voted on shortly.
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Opinion
Budget cuts must be fought
February 15, 2011While far better than the GOP's right-wing wrecking ball budget, the president's budget unfortunately finds savings in cutting assistance to help poor and working people and keep them warm.
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World
Send greetings to the Cuban Five
January 18, 2011Still, there are five innocent anti-terrorist fighters sitting in U.S. prison, and it's important to keep their spirits up.
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Opinion
Palin’s “blood libel”: it’s time to say No
January 12, 2011Why would Palin and her right-wing extremist colleagues choose to use such an inflammatory term," blood libel," after all the talk about toning down the rhetoric after the terrible shootings in Arizona?
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Opinion
Class warfare looms in 2011
December 28, 2010We've already gotten a harbinger of the class warfare that the emboldened Republican right will wage against the people when the new Congress convenes in January.
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Opinion
Coyotes in the city: lessons for 2011
December 23, 2010As we look ahead to the new year, coyotes wandering around Chicago offer some lessons to keep in mind.
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