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UAW Dissidents Push Second-Tier Workers into Contract Talks
Auto worker dissidents are claiming progress in their months-long campaign against the two-tier system that pays new hires about half a “traditional” worker’s wage. As bargaining …
Georgia Works May Work, But It Sure Doesn’t Pay
It is almost 4 years since the economy first sank into recession and the job market is still a disaster. Over 25 million workers are unemployed or underemployed. More …
Postal Workers: The Last Union
(Photo: Ninja M. / Flickr) The recent attacks against the United States Postal Service (USPS) are more than signs of desperate times - a natural sunset …
ALEC: Facilitating Corporate Influence Behind Closed Doors
Through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), corporations pay to bring state legislators to one place, sit them down for a sales pitch on policies that benefit the corporate …
The Advent of the Surveillance Society
(Photo: Richy / Flickr) Surveillance now is everyone's business, as the line between intelligence-gathering and crimefighting rapidly fades and the public is conditioned to play its part. …
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Memo To Bachmann: 10 Women Who Are More Important Than Anti-Feminist Phyllis Schlafly
Last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) became the first woman to win an influential Iowa Republican straw poll — a victory that would have been impossible before the many …
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It’s an Economy, Not a Corporate Venture
(Photo: The New York Times) Matt Yglesias, the political commentator, is mildly upset over a report that President Barack Obama is turning to the investor Warren E. …
Way Worse Than Zero
Selina Sharmin, a librarian with the Queens Borough Public Library who was laid off because of budget cuts. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) Last …
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“Battle for Brooklyn” and Eminent Domain Abuse
(Image: Rumur Inc.) Do we really accept that Big Money - through intimidation, bribery or some other coercion - can shove us out of our homes and …
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Tonight’s Republican Debate: The 19th Century or the Stone Age?
Tonight a bevy of Republican presidential hopefuls hope to emerge as finalists. Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann will battle for the right-wing nut Tea Party finals. Mitt Romney and …