Tea party takes America hostage on debt
The debt ceiling crisis is the latest in a series of hostage crises instigated by the extreme right wing.
Rick Scott refuses to accept badly needed health care money
Scott, a former hospital CEO and health care profiteer, was made famous by his adamant and vocal campaign against the Health Care Reform Bill which he still refers to as Obamacare.
Cheating, testing, and what's wrong with schools
Since the start of No Child Left Behind the perceived solution to our education situation has been clear: competition.
Debt-ceiling disaster postponed - but not for long
The threat of default may have beeb averted, but working people will lose MORE ground.
Letter from a reader: Freedom means choice
One peoplesworld.org reader writes from Louisiana, land of the blues, on unemployment, ballot choices and getting a tax break for yachts.
U.S. Commerce Department: The economy sucks!
John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics, was quoted as saying, "The word for this report is 'shocking.'" Sorry, Mr. Ryding, why are you shocked?
Socialist U.S.? Science says it can happen
A tiny minority can, by sticking to its principles, get the vast majority to come around to its way of thinking.
Cuba and Venezuela shape new generation of "Revolutionary Doctors"
Brouwer traces the evolution of Cuba's health system that has led to Cuban-Venezuelan collaboration in providing health care for their people and medical assistance throughout the world.
Is the welfare state sustainable?
David Brooks, the New York Times columnist, recently opined, "The current welfare state is simply unsustainable and anybody who is serious, on left or right, has to have a new vision of the social contract."
Racial wealth gap grows to record highs
Wealth gaps have always been much greater than income gaps, but the changes have never seen the magnitude in the past few years.
