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All fall down: Is the United States the next Third World?

At last count, the U.S. had more than 500 military bases in other countries. It spends as much on its armed forces as the rest of the world combined. According to author John Michael Greer, that’s because the United States is an empire and its military do ...

19 Aug 2014 - Mike Wold
Myth buster: Exposing the mythical origins of racism

Jacqueline Jones teaches at the University of Texas and has been awarded a MacArthur “genius” fellowship and other prizes. She’s an intellectual heavyweight, who specializes in African-American history, particularly as it relates to labor. I suspect that ...

18 Jun 2014 - Jim Douglas
Growing pains: The imperative to understanding labor’s decline

Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld, author of “ What Unions No Longer Do,” describes union decline as if he were a building inspector describing the key weaknesses in an aging building where unions are a failing structural element. In sharp contrast, Steve Early’ ...

14 May 2014 - Mike Wold
Finally, Some Good News

Finally, Some Good News Posted Nov. 3, 2008 By Martha Gies Contributing Columnist It’s easy to be bummed out by the media. To begin with, the news is bad: the Orwellian war is endless, racial hatred poisons a presidential campaign, and runaway capitalism ...

3 Nov 2008 - Street Roots