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Georgia Works May Work, But It Sure Doesn’t Pay
It is almost 4 years since the economy first sank into recession and the job market is still a disaster. Over 25 million workers are unemployed or underemployed. More …
Postal Workers: The Last Union
(Photo: Ninja M. / Flickr) The recent attacks against the United States Postal Service (USPS) are more than signs of desperate times - a natural sunset …
ALEC: Facilitating Corporate Influence Behind Closed Doors
Through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), corporations pay to bring state legislators to one place, sit them down for a sales pitch on policies that benefit the corporate …
Way Worse Than Zero
Selina Sharmin, a librarian with the Queens Borough Public Library who was laid off because of budget cuts. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) Last …
The Military Assault on Global Climate
(Image: LP / Truthout; Adapted: Miguel Vieira, Expert Infantry) By every measure, the Pentagon is the largest institutional user of petroleum products and energy ... Yet, the …
Defense Spending: The Worst Way to Make Jobs
(Image: LP / Truthout; Adapted: Angela Wolf) I see it coming. As President Obama gives his speech on how important it is for the government and the …
In Euro Zone, Banking Fear Feeds on Itself
Remember the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Europeans certainly do. As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent’s …
Colombia’s Gold Rush: The Silver Lining for Paramilitaries and Guerrillas
With gold prices soaring to around USD 1,600 per ounce, Colombia has made a concerted effort to stimulate foreign investment in its mining sector.[1] As a result, the Colombian …
PG&E’s Success in Washington Led to Failure in San Bruno
Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the horrific gas pipeline explosion that killed 8 people in the Bay Area city of San Bruno was the …
Kansas City Here It Comes: A New Nuclear Weapons Plant!
Should the US government be building more nuclear weapons? Residents of Kansas City, Missouri don’t appear to think so, for they are engaged in a bitter fight against …