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Win or Lose on June 5, Advocates Agree Wisconsin Progressive Movement Must Continue
The recall election of Gov. Scott Walker is coming up on June 5, and now it isn't about assembling large crowds with grievances; it is about getting out the …
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Bill Clinton Joining Wisconsin Recall Battle Against Scott Walker
Clinton will be campaigning with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as he looks to unseat Gov. Scott Walker in next week's recall.
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Justice Department Orders Florida to Halt Non-Citizen Voter Purge
Floridau2019s effort to purge voters appears to violate both the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Koch Brother-Funded ALEC Just Lost Walmart, and More
Florida Governor Rick Scottu2019s Democratic-voter purge is ramping up u2013 although heu2019s now meeting some resistance from local election supervisors.
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Federal Appeals Court Rules Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
The US appeals court in Boston became the first such court to strike down as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Chicago Factory Occupiers Form Worker Cooperative
The group of workers who occupied their Chicago factory in 2008 and again in 2012 incorporated a worker-run cooperative on May 30, 2012.
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Facing Down the Bankers
Better Markets, a nonprofit organization that pushes for a stringent interpretation of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law. Think of Better Markets as Occupy Wall Streetu2019s suit-wearing cousin.
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Wisconsin Recall: Walker Rakes in Millions While Koch Brothers Pump Secret Cash
The June 5 Wisconsin recall vote is just days away, and Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised more campaign cash than any candidate in Wisconsin history, with more than …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The New American Job Killer Is Bank of America, and More
In today's On the News segment: The new American job killer is Bank of America, 23 percent of all American children live in poverty, ten thousand wealthy households paid …
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Aggressive Subprime College Industry Lobby Group Ratchets Down – for Now
The for-profit college advocacy group Coalition for Educational Success (CES) has now dramatically reduced spending on lobbying.