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Analysis: Elizabeth Schulte
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
It’s awful enough to lose your job, but more and more workers face a second hit–when their eligibility for unemployment is challenged by former employers.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/23/adding-injury-to-injury

Report: Hannah Fleury
WHY IS NYU PUNISHING DISSENT?
The students who organized an occupation at New York University to call for change at their school are facing the threat of expulsion.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/23/why-is-nyu-punishing-dissent

Comment: Gregg Shotwell
THE DETROIT 3 ARE CLOSING IN
U.S. automakers are using government loans as a pretext to eliminate retiree health care costs and pensions–and the UAW is letting them.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/23/the-detroit-3-are-closing

Column: Dave Zirin
WHO WILL SCHOOL ARNE DUNCAN?
When it comes to hoops, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has game. But when it comes to our schools, Duncan’s record brands him as a scrub.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/23/who-will-school-arne-duncan

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Highlights from last week’s SocialistWorker.org

Editorials
NOT ENOUGH BANG FOR OUR 787 BILLION BUCKS
The stimulus bill signed into law by Barack Obama falls short of what’s needed to rescue the economy–and of what was expected of Obama in office.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/18/bang-for-our-bucks

Analysis: Adam Turl
THE ENEMIES OF UNIONS AND THE LIES THEY TELL
Corporate leaders see the proposed Employee Free Choice Act as a grave threat–and they’ll say and do just about anything to prevent its passage.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/20/enemies-of-unions

Analysis: Lee Sustar
BLAMING THE AUTOWORKERS
Members of the United Auto Workers will bear the brunt of the Detroit Three auto companies’ restructuring under the terms of a government loan.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/19/blaming-the-autoworkers

Analysis: Justin Akers Chacón
WILL OBAMA CURB THE CRACKDOWN BY ICE?
The Bush administration’s stepped-up immigration raids targeted vulnerable immigrants indiscriminately. Can we expect better from Obama?

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/17/will-obama-curb-crackdown-ice

Comment: Allen Jean-Francois
STANDING UP FOR THE MYRNA MILLINGTONS
A 73-year-old grandmother and 100 supporters gathered in Queens to demand that homeowners get a shot at keeping their homes.

http://socialistworker.org/2009/02/20/standing-up-for-myrna

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