budget crisis
Illinois Gov. stops extending AFSCME pact as bargaining continues
December 6, 2012Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois General Assembly are proving that sometimes, unionized workers for state and local governments can't trust the Democrats, either.
Read more
Higher health spending means healthy people
August 11, 2011Some things that just seem obvious are often denied for devious political or personal reasons.
Read more
Massive protests shake up Israel
August 9, 2011Nearly 300,000 Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday, chanting, "The people demand social justice."
Read more
Tottenham unrest a symptom of Tory Britain
August 8, 2011Riot-scarred Tottenham began picking up the pieces Sunday from a night of violence that local trade unionists warned could erupt anywhere in Britain due to unemployment and social alienation.
Read more
S&P “bond vigilantes” take aim – at us
August 8, 2011Standard and Poor's is a "bond vigilante" for the "investor class" - essentially a finance capitalist business agent with a big economic machine gun.
Read more