Worker co-ops, the Blue Green Alliance and Mondragon
Are worker owned co-ops sponsored by Mondragon of Spain, the United Steel Workers (USW), and the Blue Green Alliance (BGA) the future of alternative energy production in the U.S.?
We need jobs now!
Of all the ideas out there on how to pull us out of the economic mess we're in, none makes more sense than the program laid out by the AFL-CIO.
Thanksgiving in troubled times
Food, family, traffic jams, thankfulness - all are part of Thanksgiving, but, especially this year, there is more.
Are we left behind in the ‘green production’ revolution?
Institute for America's Future experts: China has a national industrial strategy. We do not. And we better come up with one soon.
Children go hungry in America
Children go hungry throughout the United States, the richest country in the world. What is it about capitalism - or the so-called "free enterprise" system - that it does not fulfill such a basic need: adequate food?
Weekly jobless claims and the ‘Jobs Summit’
President Obama announced that he will convene a "Jobs Summit" in December to explore the means for tackling this seemingly intractable problem of mounting unemployment even in the face of positive GDP (Gross Domestic Product) numbers from the third quarter of 2009.
First Americans & all Americans
Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Obama met with nearly 400 leaders of Native American tribes, Nov. 5, at a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
Deficit lies
The Republican attacks on extending the economic stimulus, on universal health care, on climate change legislation and financial reform all make reference to the exploding deficit and to the burden an immense debt may place on succeeding generations.
Where have all the jobs gone? and other letters to the editor
Where have all the workers gone? People's World readers say what's on their minds.
