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.
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.
Debt-ceiling struggle: time to look deeper
Even if a deal is struck at the last minute, or if President Obama raises the debt ceiling on his own, this controversy reveals a system in serious need of repair.
Scott Walker's new voter suppression ploy: shutting DMVs
Following a string of hotly contested bills passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature, including a controversial voter ID bill, Walker has his next target in sight: close down state motor vehicle offices in Democratic-leaning districts.
Herman Cain’s peculiar politics
Perhaps in an effort to show off his conservative potential, Cain has made a string of controversial comments.
The Republicans’ slimy “Obama Agenda Survey”
My father-in-law received a letter from the Republican National Committee, asking for his help in making sure "that Barack Obama is a one-term president."
Holding Americans hostage
The problem is not so much a "gang of six" now making deals, but the gang that took over the House of Representatives and statehouses and governorships across the country last fall.
Debt-ceiling deals: Turning away from prosperity to austerity
The rich continue to make out like bandits in the "six" proposal, according to economist Dean Baker.
Grappling with cuts when Democrats are in charge
In many states, Democratic leaders make cuts to social programs, putting a big hole in the safety net as the economic crisis and unemployment worsen - What to do?
