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Jobless In Wonderland
Finding a job is hard enough for the many millions of unemployed American workers. But, believe it or not, the fact that they are jobless keeps many employers from …
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Romney’s Billionaire Threatens BBC Investigative Reporter
Paul Singer. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) Last Monday, a call came in to BBC Television Centre, London, from the office of Mitt Romney's billionaire backer …
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It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas
Javier Del Bosque waits with his family at the Toys “R” Us in Times Square, in time for its 9 p.m. opening, in New York, November 24, 2011. (Photos: …
OWS “Truth-Force” Obliterates New York Police Department Barricade at Lincoln Center Plaza
Last night, I saw the power of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) at Lincoln Center Plaza, a public space that activists were barricaded by the New York Police Department (NYPD) …
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Trends Show Women Losing Access to Jobs
The employment rate for women is down 0.7 percentage points from its year-ago level. The Labor Department reported a decline of 315,000 people in the labor market …
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Victory for the Steidel Family: Wells Fargo and Freddie Mac Call Off Eviction!
Catherine Lennon Gives Harold Steidel a Hug of Support at Wells Fargo Protest. Just days after Take Back the Land Rochester and Occupy Rochester publicly vowed to …
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Occupy the American Historical Association: Demand a WPA Federal Writers’ Project
(Photo: Ravages / Flickr)
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Republicans Voted Not to Extend Tax Cuts for Middle-Class Americans, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republican's effort to crash the economy suffered a serious blow today, Senate Republicans voted down extending tax cuts for middle-class Americans, Senate passed …
War-Weary Republicans Rebuke Romney on Afghanistan
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) On Wednesday night, the Senate adopted by voice vote an amendment introduced by Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley …
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Occupy Production: A Vision for Democracy at Work
(Photo: Bill Ruhsam / Flickr) As the Occupy movement keeps developing, it seeks solutions for the economic and political dysfunctions it exposes and opposes. For many, the …