April 21, 2007

As the nation mourned the April 16 shooting deaths of 32 students and faculty members at Virginia Tech, calls mounted for action to curb handguns like the weapons used by the gunman.

The Iraq war’s devastating toll is leading a growing number of state legislatures to join the debate. They are discussing and passing resolutions that pay tribute to the troops and veterans and call for steps such as pursuing peace, ending the escalation and starting withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Each month, Jennifer Pae, forks over hundreds of dollars in payments on $40,000 in student loans she owes for her education at the University of California, San Diego.

The story of capitalist globalization is a harsh one for workers. The big business press usually spotlights stories of giant mergers and acquisitions.

Thousands of residents of our nation’s capital marched April 16 for something most Americans take for granted — representation in Congress.

HOMESTEAD, Pa.: Thousands ‘step it up’ vs. global warming & for jobs
CHICAGO: Gas prices skyrocket
MONTGOMERY, Ala.: Legislature debates apology for slavery

Bolivian President Evo Morales based his 2005 candidacy on two promises: first, his government would nationalize natural resources, crucially natural gas and oil, and second, he would return the government to the country’s indigenous majority through a constituent assembly and new constitution.

The phenomenal rise of the multi-million-dollar union-busting industry in the U.S. has paralleled the decline in the manufacturing base, the rise of the right wing and the decline in union membership of the past 30-some years.

Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz opened a panel discussion on “Global Imbalances, Power Shifts and the Future of Multilateralism” at a conference sponsored by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, D.C., April 12.