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Cuba’s detention of U.S. agent is revealing

December 20, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Facts every now and then intrude upon fakery and secrets. The New York Times reported Dec. 11 on the detention a week earlier of a U.S. agent in Havana.

Kenneth J. BeSaw, photojournalist and Communist

December 18, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

Kenneth J. BeSaw, longtime photographer for People's World, died at the end of November while recovering from back surgery.

World Notes: Kenya, Thailand, Egypt, France, Colombia, Cuba

December 18, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Kenya: The Dandora waste disposal site serves Nairobi's four million people.

At nation’s airports, security officers battle for a union

December 18, 2009 By Rick Nagin

The workers protecting air travelers' security are up against "favoritism, cronyism and nepotism" that is "rampant in all the airports."

Pa. single-payer health plan draws bipartisan support

December 18, 2009 By Diane Mohney

Both Republicans and Democrats testified for a single-payer health plan for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Dec. 16.