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The International Assault on Labor
The state-corporate war against unions has recently extended to the public sector.

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Bogeyman Down
You would think that Osama bin Laden catching a bullet in the head, shot by a Navy SEAL, would bring Americans of all stripes together in a non-partisan showing …

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The Week Obama Trumped the Donald
Donald Trump speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) This has been the kind of week that makes news junkies …

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GOP House Chooses Big Oil Over Granny
(Photo: Thomas Hawk) Now, let's check today's sports scores: 4, 10.7 and 21-and-a-half. Those tallies are from the oil league, and the winner, of course, …

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Lessons Learned From Osama bin Laden?
President Barack Obama makes remarks about the death of Osama bin Laden during the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 2, …

Now What?
The fact that Osama bin Laden is dead does not alter the landscape much at all.

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Special Comment: On the Death of Osama bin Laden

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Protesting Corporate-ocracy in Ohio
Over two hundred people gathered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday for the nation's first-ever organized mass protest against powerful right-wing think tank ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. …

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An Appropriate Reaction to a Nonsensical Budget Proposal
Ruby B. White, 91, was a client of a hospice-care provider in 2007 that depended partly on Medicare for funding. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) …

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Our Brave New Budget Dystopia
(Photo: funky pancake/Flickr) As Congress members return from recess this week and resume their budget battles, I hope they will be meek, cautious and circumspect. I hope …