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A Death in the Family – and the Question Is: Whodunit?
While the honchos in charge of Hostess were demanding deep cuts in worker's pay, health care and pensions, they quietly jacked up their own pay.
Interview With Hostess Worker: “I’m Better Off Fighting to Keep Wonder Bread in a Union“
The voice of the people on the shop floor has been conspicuously missing from coverage of the Hostess strike and bankruptcy.
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Portuguese Join Europe’s Chorus of Discontent
Until a few months ago, Portugal was seen as a role model in the grinding euro zone crisis, adopting deep spending cuts and raising taxes to reduce its deficit without the …
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Breaking Private Manning
Bradley Manning is being punished u2013 and tortured u2013 for a crime that amounts to believing oneu2019s highest duty is to the American people and not the American government.
Will Obama’s Second Term Finally Fulfill His 2008 Promises?
Part three in a series that examines pportunities for the Obama administration, in its second term, to finally pursue his 2008 campaign promise to restore civil liberties.
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Beyond Big Bird
While Big Bird as a character served as a symbol in the fight to protect public broadcasting, it is now important to move past support alone and use nonprofit …
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Corporate CEOs Pushing Tax Reforms That Would Reduce Firms’ Taxes by $134 Billion
New report from the Institute for Policy Studies reveals that CEOs supporting the
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California Finds Economic Gloom Starting to Lift
After almost five years of economic decline and no change in unemployment, California is finally seeing positive change.
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CEOs Try to Shred the Safety Net While Pigging Out on Corporate Welfare
Financiers, polluters and other biz honchos team up to strangle the economy.
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Will Tim Geithner Lead Us Over or Around the Fiscal Cliff?
Robert Reich: If Geithner believes any deal with Republicans is better than no deal, and deficit reduction is more important than job creation, we could be in for a …