Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler has written over 10,000 news reports, exposés, op-eds, and commentaries in his half-century as a journalist for the Worker, Daily World, and People’s World. Tim also served as editor of the People’s Weekly World newspaper. His book News for the 99% is a selection of his writings over the last 50 years representing a history of the nation and the world from a working-class point of view. After residing in Baltimore for many years, Tim now lives in Sequim, Wash.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler

U.S.

Justice Dept. weighs probe of Seattle police killings
February 2, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
A local jury returned a split verdict, but the finding by four jurors that the cop's use of lethal force was unjustified is virtually unprecedented.
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U.S.

Seattle MLK march message: stop police violence
January 19, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
More than 2,000 people marched Martin Luther King Day, protesting brutality and use of lethal force by officers of the Seattle Police Department.
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U.S.

House Republicans charge ahead with agenda
January 11, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
House Speaker, John Boehner, Ohio Republican, bowed to public outrage at the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, postponing for a week a vote to repeal the health care reform act she had voted for....
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U.S.

Oregon workers petition for jobs, safety net
January 5, 2011 By Tim Wheeler
With the jobless rate in the Rose City at 10.6 percent or 38,402 workers unemployed, the labor movement and its allies are fed up and fighting back.
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U.S.

Anger erupts over slash-to-the-bone state budget
December 22, 2010 By Tim Wheeler
SEATTLE - Public employee unions and the people they serve denounced the budget unveiled by Gov. Chris Gregoire, which slashes vital services and jobs.
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U.S.

After Sanders filibuster, tax deal passes and moves to House
December 14, 2010 By Tim Wheeler
WASHINGTON-- Capitol Hill resounded with angry denunciations of the Republican right for holding "hostage" unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers to force through tax giveaways for billionaires.
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U.S.

Congress passes major food safety bill
December 7, 2010 By Tim Wheeler
Food safety advocates hailed the Senate move as the most sweeping reform of food safety in decades prompted by an alarming rise in the numbers of people who die or suffer illness from contaminated food.
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U.S.

MoveOn.org speakout: No tax cuts for billionaires
December 3, 2010 By Tim Wheeler
“No Tax Bailouts for Billionaires” was the message of thousands of MoveOn.org members who joined street corner “speakouts” outside congressional district offices across the nation Dec. 2.
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