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Ending wars, creating jobs, top mayors’ agenda

June 14, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

More than a dozen mayors are sponsoring a resolution to end the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and use the savings to pay for job-creating programs in the nation's cities.

Time to come home from Iraq

June 7, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

With Libya and Afghanistan dominating headlines these days, it's been hard to focus on Iraq. But the death of five U.S. soldiers in a rocket attack in Baghdad June 6 has galvanized our attention again.

Counter-terrorism: the new face of war

May 31, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

The assassination of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden did more than knock off America's Public Enemy Number One, it formalized a new kind of warfare.

Tax Day at a bank near you

April 18, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Bank of America, Citibank, GE, Exxon Mobil and billionaire CEOs were all found guilty today - on the streets of New York and around the country.

Global protests say: Cut military spending, fund human needs

April 14, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Stephanie Miyashiro, her voice brimming with emotion, said, "What grieves me most about what's going on is that I think some of our friends are going to die."