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The Rosenbergs were heroes

June 25, 2021 Stephen Millies
In his funeral eulogy for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, W.E.B. Du Bois declared, “They died because they would not lie.” The Rosenbergs were burned to death in the electric chair by the U.S. government on […]
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Wealth taxes? We could do better than taxing the rich

June 22, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
A message to those who leaked the tax records of the extremely wealthy who do not pay taxes: Whoever leaked this report deserves a reward for revealing the information. Access to these tax reports is […]
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Bosses lie about ‘labor shortage’ to keep wages low

June 9, 2021 Gary Wilson
The May unemployment report wasn’t much better than the April disaster.   Business news site CNBC summed it up: “Job creation disappointed again in May, with nonfarm payrolls up what normally would be considered a solid […]
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An open letter to President Joe Biden, as his broken promises pile up

June 7, 2021 Greg Butterfield
Dear President Biden, Your broken promises are piling up. I took note of these headlines in just the last couple of weeks: “Joe Biden Surrenders On Federal Unemployment Benefits,” “Biden Drops Student Loan Forgiveness From […]
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Karl Marx: Capitalism produces unemployment

June 6, 2021 Gary Wilson
In Capital, Karl Marx wrote about the laws of capitalism and the ruthless capitalist competition for greater profits. In the drive to increase profits, capitalists try to reduce their costs by increasing productivity through the […]
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Big investors gobble up trailer parks, profit from housing crisis

June 5, 2021 Scott Scheffer
In September 2020, a company called “CPI Superstition Sunrise RV Resort, LLC” purchased a mobile home park (MHP) in Mesa, Ariz., for $88 million — a record price for Arizona. The new owner concealed its […]
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Community organizers force veto of attack on renters’ rights

May 22, 2021 Andre Powell
Renters and tenant rights groups in Baltimore successfully forced the mayor to veto a bill that they would introduce rental security-deposit insurance — so-called surety bonds, a predatory practice by landlords that essentially makes the […]
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Unemployment benefits owed to every worker

May 15, 2021 Gary Wilson
The New York Times has called the Biden presidency “an echo of Franklin Roosevelt.” Today, support for labor unions is broader and more widespread than at any time in the last five decades, including support […]
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What happened to U.S. passenger trains?

May 11, 2021 Stephen Millies
People around the world celebrate May Day as the international workers’ holiday. This past May 1st was also the 50th anniversary of Amtrak, the U.S. government’s passenger train system. Until the coronavirus pandemic, Amtrak’s 20,000 […]
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The boom isn’t happening: Jobs report shows unemployment worsening

May 10, 2021 Gary Wilson
  No matter how you look at it, the Labor Department’s April jobs report is miserable — unless you’re on Wall Street. The stock market hit record highs after the report was released. Business Insider […]