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Va. election season underway

February 14, 2013 By Emile Schepers

All 100 seats in the 100-member House of Delegates, lower house of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) and some local offices are up for grabs.

Presidential election to be held in Trinidad and Tobago

February 14, 2013 By Gary Bono

The president, is, like the Queen in England, the nominal head of state, however, in this island nation the post is largely ceremonial.

Union leaders wish Obama had come out for right to organize

February 14, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

Union leaders see the weakening of union rights and the drop in union membership numbers as key factors in the backward movement of the middle class.

U.S. a factor in 6 million Congo deaths

February 14, 2013 By Dan Kovalik

Lumumba's murder - "the country's original sin" - was motivated by the U.S. desire to control the Congo's resources.

Ed Koch, hizzoner, had a dishonorable career

February 14, 2013 By Gabe Falsetta

With all due respect, Ed Koch had elements good and bad, but nevertheless was beholden to the capitalist class.