What if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling?
The Republicans are conducting a dangerous bluff intended to suck more cuts in working people's benefits and rights.
Capitalism bad for the environment, says book
Specific themes and topics of the book include the anti-nuclear movement and the needed unification of environmentalists and unions.
Obama deficit plan met with praise, criticism
President Obama's policy speech on lowering the government deficit by $4 trillion in 12 years drew both praise and criticism from labor and liberal circles.
Mergers harm democracy
AT&T announced its intentions to buy T-Mobile. What is to be expected from such a mega-merger?
Financial dictator would rob Detroiters of their vote
The same financial power structure that ruined Detroit economically stands in the shadows as mouthpieces of money in the state government threaten the majority Black city.
Jobs and the 2012 election
The GOP has awakened a working-class giant, which is standing front and center and declaring proudly, "We are one nation."
Make Wall Street pay
A statewide coalition of union and community groups in Connectticut has formed to demand that Bank of America contribute its fair share to the state's economy.
The greatest recovery?
Corporate executives have extracted record profits by sabotaging the recovery on every front - eliminating employees, repressing wages, withholding investment and shirking federal taxes.
Black unemployment, working class unity
The 1930s slogan, "Black and white, unite and fight." is relevant today. General appeals for jobs and relief, for public works jobs and full employment measures have to be combined with targeted job creation in communities where the hardship is the most severe.
Obama’s budget tradeoffs leave vital steps missing
"It's significantly less bad than the Republican budget - but it's not going to bring down unemployment in my hometown," one reporter commented at a White House press conference.
