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Skilled Work, Without the Worker
At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric shavers. That is the old way.
Revealed: Romney Campaign’s Attempts to Deny Paul Ryan’s Insider Trading Don’t Add Up
Team Romney wants you to believe Ryan didnu2019t really profit from privileged information. Donu2019t buy it.
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Paul Ryan and Todd Akin Partnered on Radical “Personhood” Bill
Should Ryan and Akinu2019s personhood agenda take effect, however, it would drastically reduce womenu2019s reproductive choice.
The Billionaires Bill Of Rights
Billionaire corporate interests and other well financed anti-labor forces are waging a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and their unions in California that is certain …
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A (Not So) Serious, (Not So) Honest Running Mate
Paul Krugman: Mr. Ryan is, in fact, a big fraud who doesnu2019t care at all about fiscal responsibility.
Ignore the Deficit Hawks: Social Security Is Easy to Fix
On the 77th anniversary of Social Security, we're celebrating what has made the program so important and why it remains vital today. Jeff Madrick explains why Social Security's so-called …
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How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call It Public Welfare
Social welfare nonprofits have emerged as a prime vehicle for political money for several reasons.
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Blaming the Victim, Again
At least until Election Day, Republicans were supposed to pretend that their party's alleged
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Monsanto, DuPont Spend Millions to Defeat California Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Initiative
With biotech giant Monsanto leading the way, big agribusiness firms and food manufacturers have vastly outspent organic food and alternative health firms in an effort to defeat California's Proposition …
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Let’s Help WikiLeaks Liberate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiating Text
On September 6, negotiators will go to Leesburg, Virginia, for the latest round of secretive talks on the