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Obama Makes Recess Appointments to NLRB. Is It Enough for AFL-CIO Endorsement?
President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Washington, DC - Today, President Obama made three recess appointments …
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Two Ex-Scott Walker Staffers Arrested in Ongoing Investigation
An expansive “John Doe” corruption investigation targeting employees and former employees of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has led to its first arrests today, nabbing three people, including two …
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“The High Comedy of Alternate Reality”; or, “Ah … Iowa”
Please don't expect me to take the 2012 GOP Iowa caucus seriously.
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Citizens United Backlash Grows from Cali. to NYC Urging Congress to Overturn Corporate Personhood
Adding to a growing nationwide backlash against the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, California lawmakers have introduced a resolution that calls on Congress to "propose and send to …
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Defying GOP and Eying Re-Election, Obama Makes Bold Recess Pick of Cordray for Consumer Bureau
President Obama has defied Congress by installing former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the country’s first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established to protect citizens against …
Citizens United Backlash Grows from Cali. to NYC Urging Congress to Overturn Corporate Personhood (2)
Adding to a growing nationwide backlash against the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, California lawmakers have introduced a resolution that calls on Congress to "propose and send to …
Defying GOP and Eying Re-Election, Obama Makes Bold Recess Pick of Cordray for Consumer Bureau (2)
President Obama has defied Congress by installing former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the country’s first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established to protect citizens against …
Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 4: Kill the Journalist, Kill the Story, Kill the Truth
It was November 19, 2001, when the bus arrived in Jalalabad, the first real city in Afghanistan after crossing the border from Pakistan at the Khyber Pass. Independent cameraman …
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Indiana Workers Fight Back Against Assault on Unions and the ALEC Agenda
Thousands of Indiana workers rallied outside, and inside, their state capitol on Wednesday to speak out against Governor Mitch Daniels' renewed effort to force through so-called “right to work” …