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.

ACORN files lawsuit against video con artists
September 29, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
ACORN fights smear campaign in courts and Congress. "Why no accountability for Halliburton and Blackwater?"the group asks.
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U.S.

Health care rallies: ‘Big Insurance Makes Me Sick!’
September 24, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
OWINGS MILLS, MD.--Fighters for health care reform holding placards with slogans like “People Before Profit” and “Public Option Now” rallied outside health insurance company offices Sept. 22 to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to insurance profiteers...
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U.S.

Flood victims hail $35 billion water main bill
September 24, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
DUNDALK, Md. — Stirred to action by the rupture of a 72-inch water-main that inflicted devastation on working-class communities here last weekend, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., introduced the Water Infrastructure Financing Act in the U.S. Senate...
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Opinion

I visit Wall Street and get Obama’s speech
September 24, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
Obama's main points:1. The rescue of the financial system was necessary.I agree with him. Wall Street and Main Street are closely linked. Now, the government's public stake in some huge bailed out banks gives it the...
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U.S.

Right-wing tricksters face criminal probe on ACORN video
September 23, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
BALTIMORE — State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy has ordered an investigation of right-wing operatives James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, who posed as a prostitute and pimp and illegally videotaped two ACORN receptionists at the group’s Baltimore office....
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World

WORLDNOTES: Western Sahara, Great Britain, Guatemala, Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba
September 19, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
WORLDNOTES: Western Sahara, Great Britain, Guatemala, Philippines, Afghanistan, Cuba
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U.S.

President Obama addresses Congress on health care
September 13, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
President Obama lays out health care reform specifics in a speech before Congress on Wednesday. Here is a transcript of the speech.
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U.S.

President Obama’s back-to-school speech
September 13, 2009 By Tim Wheeler
The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad...
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