Are You Registered?: Obama and Civic Participation
Critics of US politics often cite low voter participation as a sign of political backwardness, massive alienation from the process, and the lack of an appeal by the major party platforms to ordinary working Americans. Barack Obama wants to change all that.
Media Fall for John McCain's 'Race Card' Spin
Corporate media have been absurdly receptive to the McCain campaign's charge that Barack Obama 'played the race card' by predicting that his opponents in the presidential race would try to use his race against him.
WFTU Expresses Solidarity with Calif. Public Workers
he World Federation of Trade Unions strongly condemns the dismissal of 22,000 part-time public employees in California and the cuts in the wages of most of the state’s 200,000 employees.
The US Economy and Bad Government Policies
There have been many policy missteps over the last twenty some years, and this has amounted to a mismanagement of the U.S. economy. The result has been an unhealthy mixture of greed, shortsightedness and market manipulation.
Bush Administration Demands Japan Shoulder War Costs
Senior US government officials are making an overt demand that Japan spend more tax money for the military.
