Editors' Blog
Just some of the health benefits Republicans want to repeal
Under new Medicare provisions, retirees will get free annual check-ups, recommended preventive services, and new discounts on Rx drugs.
Wikileaks bombshell about Iraq wars I and II
Here is a summary from Veterans for Common Sense:
Lenin on Strange and Monstrous
Written: February 28, 1918First Published: Pravda Nos. 37 and 38, February 28 and March 1, 1918; Izvestia VTsIK No. 43, March 8, 1918 published according to the Pravda text.Source: Lenin’s Collected Works, Progress Publishers, Moscow, Volume 27, 1972, pp. 68-75Translated: Clemans Dutt, Edited by Robert Daglish
Sexism behind GOP's filibuster of Paycheck Fairness
After Senate Republicans filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act yesterday it is pretty clear they have become emboldened to turn Congress into a big log-jam that harms working families.
Republicans filibuster paycheck fairness
Senate Republicans unanimously filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would have provided women with legal tools to fight job discrimination and close the gender wage gap.
America: The Grim Truth
My corespondant in Thailand sent me this, it is a great description of the USA but the prescription at the end of the article is no good.
"Insane" to keep Bush tax cuts
As congressional Republicans say they will hold working-class tax rates hostage in order to provide $700 billion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka responded with this statement:
The importance of the Steelworkers' recent steps
The United Steelworkers this week filed a petition with the US Trade Representative "identifying a broad array of Chinese policies and practices that threaten the future of America’s alternative and renewable energy sector." According to a USW statement:
