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View from Dallas: Let’s not forget what JFK did

November 21, 2013 By Douglas Matus

While the nation at large prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, few cities have a slate of activities to rival that of Dallas.

Reader voices: Even for hospital workers, health care is a problem

November 19, 2013 By Michelle Gonzalez

As a health care professional, taking care of people and helping them comes from my heart and soul. It is what I love to do and truly feel what I was called to do with my...

The stakes for workers’ rights in 2014

November 12, 2013 By PW Editorial

We are now in the midst of a full-fledged class war against America's working people. Those directly firing the shots at the U.S. working class are an array of state lawmakers bought and paid for by...

Austerity debate remains unresolved after shutdown drama

November 12, 2013 By John Case

There was one victory the neo-Confederate Republicans can claim that even the old Confederacy could not: the ability to shutdown the federal government, a symbol of their supreme distaste for both union and democracy.

Veteran’s voice: a soldier’s death

November 11, 2013 By Gregory McLaughlin

A soldier in my old unit who deployed with us to Afghanistan committed suicide. He was only 25 years old. What caused this young man with so much promise to feel that there is no way...