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Philadelphia: The Next Big Target for the Right-Wing Assault on Public Employees and Unions
Charlene Scott cheered and chanted with the hundreds thronging Philadelphia’s Love Park during Saturday's protest against conservative Republican onslaughts seeking to slaughter what remains of the living-standard comforts enjoyed …
Are House GOP Freshmen Seriously Interested in Cutting the Defense Budget?
There is no shortage of headlines with a variation on a theme such as: “Tea Party Declares War on Military Spending,” “Tea Partiers Say Defense In Mix For Budget …
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Up to 40 Percent of Gulf Oil Spill was Potent Methane Gas, Research Shows
BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is commonly referred to as the Gulf oil spill, but liquid oil wasn't the only hydrocarbon that gushed out of the Macondo well for 84 …
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Wackos of the World, Unite! (2)
(Photo: Mykl Roventine / Flickr) “Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.” Given the level of wackiness that seems to have afflicted this third …
Unemployment Edges Lower as Job Growth Returns
The number of workers unemployed less than 5 weeks is fewer than at any point in the 90s. The unemployment rate edged down to 8.9 percent in …
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What Happens When Pretending to Be Crazy Is a Career Strategy
Polls indicate that many Republican voters still believe that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) …
Up Against the Open Shop – the Hidden Story of Silicon Valley’s High-Tech Workers
Introduction On January 29, 1993, workers at the Versatronex plant in Sunnyvale, California, filed out of its doors for the last time. Seventeen years have passed since, but there …
AFL-CIO’s Trumka: No American Should Face Choice Between Rights, Job
Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, a voluntary federation of 57 U.S. and international labor unions. Many AFL-CIO members would be affected by pending state-level …
Unemployment Edges Lower as Job Growth Returns
The number of workers unemployed less than 5 weeks is fewer than at any point in the 90s.
Three Dead Bodies
On January 11, 2011, Kuwaiti citizen Mohammad Ghazzai al-Mutairi was reportedly beaten and tortured to death by members of the Kuwaiti police force (part of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior). …