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Outdated federal guidelines obscure rampant U.S. poverty
Outdated poverty guidelines have been used to measure poverty and assess social welfare programs in the United States for the…
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Socialist Cuba innovates to increase agricultural production
Strangled by the U.S. economic blockade and having suffered great damage from three hurricanes last year, socialist Cuba is actively…
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U.S. infant mortality and child poverty rates soar
The United States has one of the world’s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty among capitalist…
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‘Es la hora del recuento y de la marcha unida’
Esta reflexión no va dirigida a los gobiernos sino a los pueblos hermanos de América Latina. Mañana 28 de agosto…
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NYC City Council Member Charles Barron: Fire Bloomberg, Hire Frances!
On Saturday, August 29, parents, teachers and education advocates launched the Coalition for Public Education at a convention held at…
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U.S. corporate mercenaries outnumber troops in Afghanistan
According to a report by a Congressional research group, U.S. private contractors working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan outnumber U.S.…
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G-20: instrument of capitalist plunder
To most Americans, the abbreviation "G-20" bears little significance. In the coming weeks, however, it could become increasingly important as…
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Protests planned to oppose G-20 summit in Pittsburgh
On Sept. 24 and 25, the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors (G-20), which encompasses some of…
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Ted Kennedy and the limits of capitalist democracy
Health care reform is Washington’s hot topic these days. And perhaps no other politician was as prominent an advocate of…
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Report exposes Australian govt’s racism against Aborigines
A recent United Nations report accused the Australian government of organized racism in its treatment of the indigenous population during…
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The quagmire deepens in Afghanistan
The U.S. invasion and teetering occupation of Afghanistan, soon entering its ninth year, is not going well according to U.S.…
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U.S. ‘liberators’ turned South Korea into a neo-colony
While all of Korea was brutally colonized by Japanese imperialist forces for nearly half a century, for the people of…
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Ibrahim Jassam and the myth of Iraqi sovereignty
On Sept. 2, 2008, Ibrahim Jassam, a journalist working for the Reuters international news service, was dragged from his home…
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Frances Villar for Mayor Newsletter for the Week of Aug. 31
Frances Villar for Mayor Newsletter for the Week of Aug. 31 Education is a right! CUNY should be free! With…
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California ordered to release 40,000 prisoners
On Aug. 4, a panel of federal judges ordered the state of California to reduce its prison population by 40,000…
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Whatever happened to depressions?
The following article is largely based on the first of the series "The Phases of the Industrial Cycle," published in…
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South African runner Caster Semenya target of discrimination
Caster Semenya from South Africa was the gold medal winner in the women’s 800-meter race at the recent World Athletics…
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March Forward! veterans speak out against Gen. McChrystal’s report
The statement below was released by the veterans' organization March Forward! on Sept. 1. A national organization of veterans of…
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Healthcare workers in California protest governor
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held a press conference at the state Microbial Diseases Laboratory to address…
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It is the time of mobilization, of marching together
Originally published on Aug. 27 in Juventud Rebelde , the newspaper of Cuban Youth. The leader of the Cuban Revolution…
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