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Letter from a reader: Freedom means choice

July 29, 2011 By Gregory McCluskey

One peoplesworld.org reader writes from Louisiana, land of the blues, on unemployment, ballot choices and getting a tax break for yachts.

U.S. Commerce Department: The economy sucks!

July 29, 2011 By Art Perlo

John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics, was quoted as saying, "The word for this report is 'shocking.'" Sorry, Mr. Ryding, why are you shocked?

Socialist U.S.? Science says it can happen

July 29, 2011 By Thomas Riggins

A tiny minority can, by sticking to its principles, get the vast majority to come around to its way of thinking.

Cuba and Venezuela shape new generation of “Revolutionary Doctors”

July 28, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Brouwer traces the evolution of Cuba's health system that has led to Cuban-Venezuelan collaboration in providing health care for their people and medical assistance throughout the world.

Is the welfare state sustainable?

July 28, 2011 By Sam Webb

David Brooks, the New York Times columnist, recently opined, "The current welfare state is simply unsustainable and anybody who is serious, on left or right, has to have a new vision of the social contract."