Jobs Report Signals Need for New Stimulus Package
More than 1.1 million jobs have been lost since the beginning of 2008, according to the latest data from the Department of Labor released Nov. 7th.
Anti-LGBT Ballot Measures Cause Mixed Emotions
While working families and the people as a whole scored a major victory by electing Barack Obama and claiming larger majorities in Congress on Nov. 4th, several states set back the rights and equality of LGBT people.
Plug-in Hybrid Pushes 100 MPG
Toyota is readying a limited run of a plug-in Prius, which can average 100 miles per gallon, for use in government and commercial fleets starting in 2009.
Steelworkers Leader Urges Pro-working Families Agenda Under Obama
In a letter circulated this week to the staff and leadership of the United Steelworkers union (USW), USW President Leo Gerard expressed jubilation at the election of Barack Obama.
They Call Him Mr. Brown: Edge of Sports Interview with the Inimitable Jim Brown
If there were a Mount Rushmore for political athletes, who would be carved into the great monument? For my money, it would include Muhammad Ali.
Britain's Digital Surveillance: Hiding from Her Majesty’s ‘Black Boxes’
There are plans to deploy 'black boxes' in UK ISPs’ networking hubs so that the government can capture and record every website that UK citizens visit. A similar operation is in full swing in the United States, where the NSA has hooked up their own 'black boxes' to American Internet Service Providers'.
Iraqi Communists View Provincial Elections Law as Unfair
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi Communist Party does not support the proposal of some political blocs to allocate only six seats for minorities in the provincial councils, said Mufid al-Jazairy, a member of Iraq's parliament for the Communist Party, during the parliament session last Monday, Nov. 3rd.
US Businessman Supports Trade Relations with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 6 (acn) Michael Mauricio, president of the Florida Produce company from the US, participating in Havana's International Trade Fair (FIHAV 2008), said he was in favor of an improvement of trade relations between Cuba and his country.
Victory for a Hopeful Future
Many people shed tears across the country after President-elect Barack Obama claimed victory Nov. 4th. For many of an older generation – white and Black – the victory was linked to the struggles and sacrifices of the civil rights movement.
Labor Solidifies Victory for Obama
In his victory speech on Nov. 4th, President-elect Barack Obama dedicated his victory to the American people. 'I will never forget,' he said, 'who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you.'
