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Long-term unemployment rising despite “recovery”
Despite rosy projections of "economic recovery," millions of workers remain out of work, without savings, and exhausting their unemployment benefits.…
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Injustice in the pretrial system
A version of this article has been previously circulated through other sources. This version was edited for PSLweb with the…
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San Francisco ANSWER holds benefit for Haiti
ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) San Francisco held a well-attended benefit for Haiti Feb. 7.…
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Behind the conviction of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui
One of the vile byproducts of the "global war on terror," now in its ninth year, has been the "commodification"…
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Right-wing politicians in Congress move to overturn gay-marriage bill
Right-wing politicians are moving to block a recent District of Columbia Council bill that would give legal recognition to same-sex…
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Study shows working families choose between shelter, medical care and food
According to a February 2010 study by Feeding America, the largest hunger relief organization in the country, one in eight…
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Immigration prosecutions rose to new high in 2009
Federal immigration prosecutions rose to record levels in 2009. Most of the cases brought in federal courts involve non-violent immigrants…
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This country is not a ‘cash-strapped family’
If an earthquake had struck the United States, causing the loss of 7 million jobs, it would never occur to…
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More on the AIG bailout: taxpayers cover big banks’ gambling debts
September 2008. Insurance giant AIG is on the verge of collapse. Politicians, the Fed, economists and pundits flood the airwaves…
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What’s behind the Bradley Birkenfeld conviction?
Bradley Birkenfeld exposed the largest case of offshore tax evasion in history, and then was promptly sent to jail. Capitalist…
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