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News in Brief: Ohio Anti-Worker Law Faces Repeal, and More
Ohio Anti-Worker Law Faces Repeal Democracy Now! reports that organizers in Ohio recently won a bid to begin a repeal effort targeting the state's new anti-labor law. …
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Gulf Residents Leery of What’s Next After BP Oil Spill
The BP oil spill is one year old this week. The whole disaster killed or injured 28 rig workers, thousands of birds and hundreds of marine animals, and spewed …
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A Report From the Poetry Trenches: Rexroth, Bukowski and the Politics of Literature
Bukowski loved the idea of poetry wars. Even at the lowest level of mimeo magazines, when he was co-editing Laugh Literary & Man the Humping Guns with Neeli Cherry, …
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The Big Lie
Is there any limit to the outrageousness of the GOP lies? Is there any limit to the capacity of a large number of our fellow citizens …
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Throw Out the Money Changers
(Photo: prendio2) We stand today before the gates of one of our temples of finance. It is a temple where greed and profit are the highest good, …
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François Fillon Annuls Everything but Renounces Nothing
Translated by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Bill Scoble We more or less felt it coming. Promotion of hydrocarbon extraction no longer has any wind …
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Tax Day 2011: “The More You Make, the Less You Pay“
At a time when federal and state lawmakers are grappling withhuge budget deficits, the impact of corporate tax dodging is getting vigorous attention. Public outrage is growing …
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In 12 Years, Income for Richest 400 Americans Quadruples, Tax Rate Nearly Halved
New data released by the IRS reveals that, over a period of 12 years, tax rates for the richest 400 Americans were effectively cut in half. In 1995, the …
Representative Ryan’s Valuable Service
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) delivers a Republican response to President Barack Obama's speech on the national debt at the Capitol in Washington, on April 13, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott …
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Sexual Assault in the Military Bill Introduced in the House
On Wednesday, Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA) introduced the Defense STRONG (Sexual Trauma Response, Oversight and Good Governance) Act that would increase the legal rights and …