The Bush administration struck a new note of irony and hypocrisy this week – if that is possible. In a press briefing, State Department spokesperson Scott McCormack told reporters Nov. 20 that "I would put the record of this administration up against any American administration..."

There are times in history when you and I must take action. This is one of those times. An Obama Presidency and a Democratic Congress gives us the best chance yet to win a national, single-payer healthcare system in the US.

They "should be shot; should be thrown out of there goddamn jobs," Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus said last month about business leaders who do not oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.

We hail the 10’s of millions who came to the polls and registered an historic defeat of the ultra right. These voters saw through the direct and indirect appeals to racism and voted for Obama. We salute those who rejected the Republican anti-communist, anti-immigrant attacks and numerous other slanders and voted their hopes and not their fears.

Resolution Passed Unanimously by the New York State Alliance of Higher Education Unions, November 14, 2008. In light of the financial crisis facing the nation and higher education, we affirm the following

Emerging nations need their own stabilization funds, independent of the IMF, and its parent – the US Treasury which provides most of its financing. That was the conclusion of two experts at a seminar sponsored by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) this week in Washington, D.C.

Economic news continues to worsen. Unemployment has risen sharply. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped of one percent, the sharpest drop in its 51-year history.

Testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee this afternoon, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger didn’t mince words about the auto industry’s need for Congress to approve a bridge loan.

What will be impact of the Wall Street bankruptcies, bailouts and blunders on working people in this country and worldwide? What's the solution to the crisis?

The election of Barack Obama as US President symbolizes the hope and expectation sweeping the American public for a real political change. The Communist Party of Australia welcomes this movement for change.

A raging debate is underway across the country, in Congress, and between the incoming Obama and outgoing Bush administrations on the fate of the US auto industry.

US president-elect Barack Obama, reiterated his vow to close the prison located at the Guantanamo military base in southeastern Cuba, a territory that is illegally occupied by Washington.

In a last minute move, the Bush administration this week the finalization of two major changes to federation regulations that will harm women and working families, labor leaders and women's health activists stated.

The simple answer is that driving in a relatively fuel efficient car (25-30 miles per gallon) usually generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than flying.

From my seat in the upper reaches of Shea Stadium, I never felt a drop of rain. The small cadre of friends I was with on October 13, 1982 couldn’t afford to buy the good seats either, so we’d plunked down $16 each to sit up in the nosebleeds, just under the stadium’s partial overhang.

About 700 Atlantans gathered for a candlelight vigil in Atlanta’s Midtown on Saturday, November 15, 2008, to express their support for same-sex marriage and their displeasure with the recent passage of Proposition 8 by a majority of voters in California.

Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson have written an important book on immigrants and immigration policy. Though short, The Politics of Immigration packs quit a punch.

Eco-villages are essentially designed communities intending to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable.

The Canadian Labour Congress says it's time the federal government took steps to ensure that job losses in the manufacturing and forestry sectors aren't accelerated by the recent worldwide economic slump.

Democrats in Congress pressed forward this week with plans to expand health care coverage. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) put out a detailed plan, Nov. 12, that called for a variety of means aimed at different population groups to ensure near-universal health care.