Justices signal deep trouble for health care law Associated Press ...The fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was cast into deeper jeopardy Tuesday as the Supreme Court's conservative justices sharply and repeatedly questioned its core requirement that virtually every American carry insurance...
Red States See Massive Public Sector Job Losses The Nation ...Republicans seized control of both branches of the legislature in 11 states after the 2010 elections. It’s in these very states that public sector layoffs are disproportionately concentrated, leading to one of the biggest rounds of job losses for the public workforce since record keeping began...
Home Prices in U.S. Cities Fell at Slower Pace in January Bloomberg ...Prices were little changed in January from the prior month, the best performance since July...
A national sex strike! Spain's 'high-class hookers refuse to sleep with bankers until they open up credit lines to cash-strapped families' Daily Mail ...Sneaky bankers were trying to circumvent the protest by claiming to be architects or engineers, the sex-workers said...
When privatisation doesn't work (opinion) The Guardian ...What politicians typically mean when they speak of greater efficiency is lower costs, typically achieved by employing cheap, non-unionised labour. This is the real reason so many public services are outsourced...
Teamsters challenge Florida probation change Associated Press ...The Teamsters union is challenging a decision to suspend visits by Florida probation officers to the homes of released convicts...
