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Coalition fights right-wing initiative in Washington state

October 11, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

Not for a long time has there been such a need for increased public spending to create jobs and rebuild infrastructure, not least here in Washington State saddled with 9.2 percent joblessness.

Detroiters turn out to question candidates

October 11, 2009 By John Rummel

In a high poverty city with 30 percent unemployment, a lot of negatives abound. But it would be very wrong to carry that description over to the people who live here.

A slow coup in Venezuela

October 11, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

U.S. measures for resisting progressive changes in Latin America have included funding of rightwing opposition groups, military deployment throughout the region, and the Fourth Fleet for monitoring a continent.

Republican calls for lower wages

October 11, 2009 By John Rummel

Michigan is an economic disaster zone. No surprise there. Its auto dependent economy has taken a huge hit and the state has a 15.2 unemployment rate.

Quilt dramatizes housekeepers’ stories

October 9, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Held aloft by hotel workers and community supporters, the Hope Quilt stretched down the block from the Grand Hyatt hotel’s entrance on a sunny October afternoon.