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Election Countdown 2012: Labor Launches a Campaign to Register 500,000 New Union Voters, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
The Army’s Flawed Resilience-Training Study: A Call for Retraction
Despite the overhyped claims of CSF's leading proponents, at this point, there is little evidence to suggest that CSF works.
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Congress Should Restore US Investors’ Rights to Take Foreign Fraudsters to Court  Â
It is time for Congress to overturn a misguided, anti-consumer Supreme Court decision that eliminated US investors' ability to take action in US courts against foreign companies that defraud …
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Why Did Walker Win Wisconsin?
In taking over the framing of just about every major issue, conservatives have hidden major truths. Democrats need to speak those truths from their own moral perspective.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Continues to Try Crashing Economy to Sabotage Obama’s Campaign, and More
In today's On the News segment: The state of Florida announced on Monday that it is filing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, British voters are worried their …
Leaking War: How Obama’s Targeted Killings, Leaks and the Everything-Is-Classified State Have Fused
What lies at the nexus of Obamau2019s targeted drone killings, his self-serving leaks, and his aggressive prosecution of whistleblowers is a president who believes himself above the law, and …
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Walker Won In Wisconsin, But So Did Labor
Yes, labor lost its attempt to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of the most virulent labor opponents anywhere. But as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka declared, the heated election …
Where’s My Paycheck and My Democracy?
Opportunity and wealth end up in the hands of a few where authority is held in the hands of a few, in other words, where democracy is missing.
American Citizen Pressured to Become FBI Informant by Placement on No-Fly List
The tactic is not uncommon: The Council on American-Islamic Relations has received
Lost Elections’ Strategic Lessons for Workers’ Movements Everywhere
To understand last week's election results, we need to consider the 1930s Great Depression when the opposite happened.