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A Qaddafi Exile in Africa Is Unlikely, Experts Say
Nairobi, Kenya - Despite reports that Moammar Gadhafi is fleeing toward Niger or nearby Burkina Faso, few experts on African politics believe it is likely he would be granted …
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UAW Dissidents Push Second-Tier Workers into Contract Talks
Auto worker dissidents are claiming progress in their months-long campaign against the two-tier system that pays new hires about half a “traditional” worker’s wage. As bargaining …
Libyan Rebels Try to Stabilize Tripoli as Weapons From Qaddafi Compounds Go Missing
In Libya, rebel forces say Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold of Bani Walid is ready to come under the National Transitional Council’s authority, despite pockets of resistance. Meanwhile, rebel troops …
Georgia Works May Work, But It Sure Doesn’t Pay
It is almost 4 years since the economy first sank into recession and the job market is still a disaster. Over 25 million workers are unemployed or underemployed. More …
Postal Workers: The Last Union
(Photo: Ninja M. / Flickr) The recent attacks against the United States Postal Service (USPS) are more than signs of desperate times - a natural sunset …
ALEC: Facilitating Corporate Influence Behind Closed Doors
Through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), corporations pay to bring state legislators to one place, sit them down for a sales pitch on policies that benefit the corporate …
The Advent of the Surveillance Society
(Photo: Richy / Flickr) Surveillance now is everyone's business, as the line between intelligence-gathering and crimefighting rapidly fades and the public is conditioned to play its part. …
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Memo To Bachmann: 10 Women Who Are More Important Than Anti-Feminist Phyllis Schlafly
Last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) became the first woman to win an influential Iowa Republican straw poll — a victory that would have been impossible before the many …
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It’s an Economy, Not a Corporate Venture
(Photo: The New York Times) Matt Yglesias, the political commentator, is mildly upset over a report that President Barack Obama is turning to the investor Warren E. …
Way Worse Than Zero
Selina Sharmin, a librarian with the Queens Borough Public Library who was laid off because of budget cuts. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) Last …