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Honduras election raises questions on turnout, international recognition

November 30, 2009 By Emile Schepers

Regarding the controversial elections in Honduras on Sunday, November 29, all are agreed on one thing: National Party presidential candidate Pepe Lobo got the most votes.

For Black males it’s a depression

November 30, 2009 By John Wojcik

While the country struggles with double-digit unemployment Black males face jobless rates that are twice as bad.

Three union leaders to be honored at ‘Keep the Ball Rolling’ event

November 28, 2009 By People’s World

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Three Connecticut labor leaders, Art Perry, Anna Montalvo and Gwen Mills, will be honored on Sunday, Dec. 6, with the annual Amistad Award presented by the People's World, on the occasion of...

Budget cuts hampered response to giant fire, firefighters charge

November 28, 2009 By Press Associates Inc.

LOS ANGELES - In the latest indication of how budget cuts endanger public safety, the firefighters union president says the mayor's slashes hampered the response to the huge Station Fire in September.

World socialists gather in Caracas

November 28, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

If nothing else, the "First International Meeting of Parties of the Left" in Caracas last week was ambitious.