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The roots of economic justice

October 30, 2014 By Rev. Jim Conn

Minimum wages should provide enough income for working families to put shelter over their heads, food on their tables and clothes on their backs.

Again, UN General Assembly rejects U.S anti-Cuban blockade

October 30, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The UN General Assembly voted Oct. 28 for the 23rd consecutive year on a Cuba resolution calling upon the United States to end its economic blockade against the island.

New York Times editorializes against U. S. anti-Cuban blockade

October 29, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The New York Times wants Cuba off the U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism, and it hopes that ending the blockade will improve U.S. relations with Latin America.

Ukraine Elections: Free and democratic?

October 28, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Sectors of the ultra-right with fascist and Nazi origins were allowed to run riot by the respectable" conservatives who took over the Ukrainian government in February.

Fed’s Yellen hits income inequality

October 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Even the head of the Fed now worries about the chasm of income inequality. But Janet Yellen, in a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, took it one step beyond money.