• By: Steve Tisza
• January 8, 2008

The Chicago Federation of Labor has begun accepting requests for applications for the 2008 William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship Awards. Applicants or one of their parents must belon...

• By: Steve Tisza
• January 5, 2008

"Over 70% of Iowan Democrats voted for candidates who either never voted for the invasion of Iraq (Obama, Richardson, Kucinich) or who have since admitted their mistake (Edwards, B...

• By: Steve Tisza
• January 4, 2008

"There is also the economy, and the inroads that globalization and free trade have made on U.S. production capacity and the livelihoods of U.S. workers. Manufacturing has fled the ...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 31, 2007

This year has been the most deadly for American troops in Iraq since the invasion nearly five years ago, US military figures out today show. Download entire story in PDF format....

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 31, 2007

A pretty reliable gauge of Establishment fear is how far away from factual reality its chief spokesmen stray at election time. With economic populism now driving both the Democrati...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 21, 2007

"The amendment I am offering with Majority Leader Reid and Senators Leahy, Dodd, Boxer, Kennedy, Kerry, Harkin, Whitehouse, Wyden, Durbin, Schumer, Obama, Menendez, Lautenberg, Bro...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 17, 2007

"Dennis Kucinich tells voters he's offering "a totally new direction for America." His top domestic priority is to transform Medicare into a nationwide, not-for-profit, sing...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 15, 2007

"The United States needs a foreign policy that is based on reality and is loyal to American values. The next U.S. president needs to send a clear signal to the world that America h...

• By: Steve Tisza
• December 14, 2007

"In the wake of the Iraq debacle, we must restore America's reputation for moral leadership and reengage with the world. We must move beyond the empty slogan 'war on terror' and cr...

• By: Steve Tisza
• November 28, 2007

Jon Peterson, retired former Vice-President CWA Local 4250, has succumbed to cancer after a valiant fight. "But who will know I've come this way When I have reached life's span If ...