Editors' Blog
5 Myths About Environmental Regulation
Conservatives and some pro-business groups (usually major multinationals who also happen to be big polluters) argue that some of the following things will happen if the government steps up its legally-mandated role to regulate environmental pollution, for instance carbon emissions that cause global warming.
AFL-CIO Joins Call for a Fair Budget for Penn. Working Families
Pa. AFL-CIO Joins Thousands of Workers In Calling for a Fair Budget that Protects Pennsylvania's Middle Class
Setting the record straight – GWB and OBL (Part 2)
Republican politicians, former Bush administration officials, and conservative corporate media have all joined in a chorus in the past 24 hours or so to claim kudos for George W. Bush for the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Setting the record straight – George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden
As the cable news outlets showed thousands of Americans gathering in different cities to celebrate the news that President Obama had ordered a successful attack on a compound housing Osama bin Laden, a host of former Bush administration officials called in or appeared to claim that capturing and/or killing the terrorist leader was their top priority all those years and that this weekend's events were really just a continuation of that original goal.
Osama bin Ladin is dead. Obama – come home
I feel no relief at the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
A look at "Socialism 3.0" in China
Below is a brief excerpt from a recent article on the political complexities in China:
Most Americans Would Consider Visiting Cuba If Travel Restrictions Were Lifted
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 28 (acn) Nearly 75% of all Americans would at least consider visiting Cuba if all travel restrictions were lifted, according to an informal survey carried out among almost 1,000 people by Travel Leaders, a Minneapolis-based network of travel agencies.
Union Families Join Working People and Immigrants for May Day Events
Union Families Join Working People and Immigrants for May Day Events, Respond to Political Attacks on Immigrant and Workers' RightsApril 28, 2011AFL-CIO Pres.
Protest corporate stranglehold on states
Did you ever wonder how clueless, ultra-conservative state lawmakers come up with complex bills full of complicated language designed to screw you out of your rights and opportunities? For example, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who many say is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, presents lawmakers with a budget bill designed to take away worker rights, raise taxes on working poor and middle-class taxpayers, cut vital social programs like Badger Care and undermine public schools and higher education in flowery legalese.
