economy
State of the Union and openings for progress
January 28, 2011The president's State of the Union speech provided openings and challenges for the labor and people's movements on jobs and economic security, peace and democratic rights.
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China-U.S. summit was a win-win
January 28, 2011Last week's White House summit meeting between President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao marked an important turn in U.S.-China relations.
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The national debt: Another path is possible!
January 27, 2011Making major cuts in military spending could not only make a major dent in the national debt, but would also save many lives and put our country on the road to a new international policy of...
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Lawmaker panel faults “reckless” banks as causing great recession
January 27, 2011According to a federal panel, "reckless" banks and faulty regulators were the chief source of the recent crisis.
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Thinking strategically between now and 2012
January 24, 2011With profit margins soaring and capital and labor locked in a deadly, unequal embrace, what are working people to do?
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