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A Death in the Family – and the Question Is: Whodunit?
While the honchos in charge of Hostess were demanding deep cuts in worker's pay, health care and pensions, they quietly jacked up their own pay.
Interview With Hostess Worker: “I’m Better Off Fighting to Keep Wonder Bread in a Union“
The voice of the people on the shop floor has been conspicuously missing from coverage of the Hostess strike and bankruptcy.
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Portuguese Join Europe’s Chorus of Discontent
Until a few months ago, Portugal was seen as a role model in the grinding euro zone crisis, adopting deep spending cuts and raising taxes to reduce its deficit without the …
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Breaking Private Manning
Bradley Manning is being punished u2013 and tortured u2013 for a crime that amounts to believing oneu2019s highest duty is to the American people and not the American government.
Will Obama’s Second Term Finally Fulfill His 2008 Promises?
Part three in a series that examines pportunities for the Obama administration, in its second term, to finally pursue his 2008 campaign promise to restore civil liberties.
Who’s Getting Pushed Off the “Fiscal Cliff”?
Progressive Democrats lobby against a Grand Bargain that will further unravel the social safety net.
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Beyond Big Bird
While Big Bird as a character served as a symbol in the fight to protect public broadcasting, it is now important to move past support alone and use nonprofit …
Fifty Children Killed and 450 Injured in Israeli Attack on Gaza
Jihan Hafiz in Gaza: As people dig out of the rubble, a Palestinian doctor says civilians were targeted by Israeli attack.
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Corporate CEOs Pushing Tax Reforms That Would Reduce Firms’ Taxes by $134 Billion
New report from the Institute for Policy Studies reveals that CEOs supporting the
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California Finds Economic Gloom Starting to Lift
After almost five years of economic decline and no change in unemployment, California is finally seeing positive change.