economy
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Unemployment rises dramatically as economic crisis deepens
The October 2008 job report showed a decline in the employment rate for the 10th consecutive month, with 240,000 jobs…
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How will President Obama ‘rule’?
While the capitalists, the mass media and many in the progressive movement hope for a lengthy honeymoon period for President-elect…
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Make Wall Street pay, not our New York City schools
The author is a member of the United Federation of Teachers in the Bronx. If the New York City government…
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Electronics retailer files for bankruptcy, lays off thousands
Circuit City, among the country’s largest electronics chains, has filed for bankruptcy only a week after it announced it would…
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Workers emerge victorious from Boeing strike
On Nov. 1, by a vote of 74 percent of the membership, 27,500 Boeing workers ended their 57-day strike. Workers…
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Cuts, economic hardship loom over Florida workers, students, disabled
PSLweb/Liberation takes a look at the anti- worker offensive taking place across the country in the form of budget cuts.…
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Massachusetts working class to bear the brunt of Gov. Patrick’s budget cuts
PSLweb/Liberation takes a look at the anti- worker offensive taking place across the country in the form of budget cuts.…
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FDA advisory panel questions agency ruling on BPA
The Food and Drug Administration’s Science Board has strongly criticized the agency’s recent ruling that the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) is…
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Gap between rich and poor grows
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has noted a sharp increase in economic inequality in the United States and…
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Auto industry’s Big Three may soon be Big Two
The U.S. auto industry, dominated for decades by the massive monopolies known as the Big Three—General Motors, Chrysler and Ford—may…
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