Opinion

EDITORIAL Unity on health care

May 21, 2009

Two months ago, we wrote: “We support “Medicare for All” as put forward in Rep. John Conyers’ HR 676. And we agree with advocates for a strong government health care plan as an essential part of...

EDITORIAL Pelosi and the CIA

May 21, 2009

The Republicans, with their fever-pitched attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for what and when she knew about the Bush administration’s torture policies, are only adding to and continuing a national disgrace. The Bush administration carefully...

EDITORIAL Regulation: the next frontier

May 21, 2009

Now that U.S. taxpayers have invested a trillion dollars -- plus $10 trillion more in credit -- many are asking 'What happens next to prevent a repeat of this fiasco?' Part of the answer can perhaps...

EDITORIAL Want to secure Social Security? Lift the cap

May 21, 2009

Right-wing Republican Party-linked think tanks want to eliminate Social Security. They are using a recent report from the Social Security trustees that indicate the recession has harmed the long-term financial security of the program's trust fund...

Bring troops home from Afghanistan

May 20, 2009 By PWW Editorial Board

The U.S. Senate is poised to vote before Memorial Day on funds to continue the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through Sept. 30. The House of Representatives has already approved a supplemental appropriation, but we can still...