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Guatemala dictator to stand trial

February 6, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.

Dallas “funeral” protests foreclosures

February 6, 2012

Progressive organizations came together to protest home foreclosures with a long march and vigil in North Dallas.

Left or right – where’s the threat?

February 6, 2012 By Victor Grossman

The "crime" of those on the left, aside from occasional rocks or bottles thrown at Nazis, was a failure to support the "basic libertarian democratic order."

Want to raise your pay? Join a union

February 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Go show this column to your non-union neighbors.

Jobless rate drops: positive trend but some cautions too

February 3, 2012 By John Wojcik

The nation's official unemployment rate fell in January to 8.3 percent, down from December's 8.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.