In the good old days one of the most enviable of jobs was that of a commentator or writer whose responsibility it was to explain to us in the mass audience why rich people are so necessary to maintaining a strong economy.
On a normal Monday morning they began their work day by issuing ready-made pronouncements that disposed of any proposal that might have resulted in even the slightest reduction in wealth for anyone who is rich. 
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Shanghai authorities have announced that they are holding nine people in an investigation into why a nearly completed block of flats collapsed, killing one worker.
The incident on Saturday was an embarrassment for Shanghai's leaders as they prepare to showcase the city - one of China's wealthiest and the most modern - during the 2010 World Expo.
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"Not all females are women," reads a poster emblazoned in red. "I am the pink sheep of my family!" is the message on another, while a third, very cheekily proclaims, "I don’t give a f***, I am a greedy bisexual"!
New Delhi’s second Queer Pride parade was flamboyant, riveting and raucous - a medley of rainbow hues, music, and in-your-face attitudes that infused an infectious energy and verve to a sultry, simmering Sunday evening.
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The IUE-CWA says busloads of its GM retirees will picket the GM bankruptcy hearing today in New York.
The retirees are angry over GM attempts to terminate their retiree health benefits, according to the union.
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Television and Radio Artists is mourning the sudden death of longtime AFTRA recording artist Michael Jackson.
Jackson, who died June 25 at age 50, joined AFTRA in September 1969 when he was just 11 years old, as a member of The Jackson 5. He created one of the most successful solo careers in history and earned recognition as the “King of Pop.”
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News coverage from around the world on the Honduran coup.
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El domingo 28 de junio en horas de la madrugada, cuando el pueblo hondureño se disponía a ejercer su voluntad democrática en una encuesta con carácter de consulta promovida por el Presidente de la República Manuel Zelaya Rosales para profundizar la democracia participativa, un grupo de uniformados con capuchas que afirmó recibir ordenes del Alto Mando de la Fuerza Armada, asaltó la residencia del Presidente Zelaya para secuestrarlo, desaparecerlo por unas horas y luego expulsarlo violentamente de su Patria.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (June 29) -- In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, when the Honduran people were ready to exercise their right to vote in a democratic manner in relation to a survey promoted by the President of the Republic Manuel Zelaya Rosales to deepen participatory democracy, a group of uniformed masked men that declared they were following orders of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, waged an assault on the Presidential Residence in order to kidnap President Zelaya, and later violently throw him out of his country.
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DES PLAINES, Ill. — In an unprecedented display of hope, struggle and unity, more than 600 workers at the Hart Schaffner & Marx factory here joined with union leaders and elected officials in a rally June 29 to celebrate a major victory that will save nearly 4,000 jobs nationwide and keep the Chicago-based company open for business.
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A few days ago, retired auto worker, Frank Hammer, read a union-baiting article in the Dayton Daily News headlined “GM Now A Federal Jobs Program.”
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