United States
“This is the direct result of bad public policy”
Atlanta shelter director speaks on the homeless crisis
By Naomi Spencer, October 26, 2009
Emergency shelter providers in Atlanta, Georgia, are confronted by a huge increase in need. Anita Beaty, director of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, spoke to the World Socialist Web Sit...
UAW says key local passed Ford contract by 51 percent
Many workers call vote a “fraud”
By Andre Damon, October 24, 2009
Local media reported that United Auto Workers Local 900 narrowly ratified the latest concessions contract. The vote passed by only 51 to 49 percent, prompting allegations of fraud from workers intervi...
As unemployment claims rise
White House rejects new measures to stem jobs crisis
By Barry Grey, October 24, 2009
Even as the Labor Department reported an unexpected rise in initial claims for unemployment benefits, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders reiterated their opposition to any s...
US bankers cash in despite phony pay restraint
By Patrick Martin, October 24, 2009
According to the report issued Thursday by Treasury Department “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg, at least 66 of the 138 bank and corporation executives under his jurisdiction will receive government-ap...
Washington pushes Pakistan to the brink
By Keith Jones, October 23, 2009
Under heavy pressure from the Obama administration, Pakistan is now waging all-out war in South Waziristan.
Opposition mounts to UAW-Ford concessions contract
By Jerry White, October 23, 2009
Opposition from rank-and-file workers is mounting to the concessions deal reached by the United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co.
Atlanta homeless shelters strain under economic crisis
By Naomi Spencer, October 23, 2009
As the economic crisis deepens, Atlanta, Georgia, emergency providers are straining to accommodate more than 7,000 homeless people, including many newly homeless families.
“A bit of a hoax”
White House unveils token bank pay restrictions
By Andre Damon and Joe Kishore, October 23, 2009
As details of the Obama administration’s bank pay restrictions were released, it became evident that they will do little to limit compensation, even at the handful of companies affected.
The “Balloon Boy” hoax, celebrity culture, and the American media
By Hiram Lee, October 22, 2009
The “Balloon Boy” hoax has been the subject of wall-to-wall coverage by the major US news networks. Yet another episode in which an unhealthy celebrity culture and media sensationalism have reveal...
The great unmentionable
By Joe Kishore, October 22, 2009
The past week has seen a proliferation of worried comments from liberal supporters of Obama on the state of social and political relations in the United States.
US college tuition skyrockets
By Tom Eley, October 22, 2009
A new study reveals sharp college tuition increases across the US in the 2009-2010 academic year.
US Fed Chairman Bernanke demands austerity
By Barry Grey, October 22, 2009
In remarks Monday to a conference on Asia and the global economic crisis Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called for austerity policies to rein in US budget deficits and the ballooning national d...
