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EU promises loans to Ukraine for Greek-style austerity

February 26, 2014 By Gaël De Santis

Several European foreign affairs ministers are promising to help Ukraine obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund.

Government workers march on Capitol Hill

February 13, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Hundreds of AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11 campaigning for national and union causes.

Official unemployment rate drops to 6.6 percent

February 7, 2014 By John Wojcik

The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive economic think tank, issued a statement that was positive in tone and substance about some aspects of the Labor Department's report but negative about others.

Marxist economist Richard Wolff draws overflow crowds

February 4, 2014 By Ed Rampell

They flocked to hear the unapologetically self-avowed "Marxian economist" who has long toiled in the obscurity of academia and left circles.

Medicaid fight in Virginia takes off

January 28, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The new Democratic governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is pushing hard for Virginia to sign onto the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Medicaid Expansion Program.