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Anti-Union “Right-to-Work” Laws Really a Tax on Unions
Indiana is about to pass what is called a “right-to-work” law. These laws prohibit union contracts from requiring workers to be in the union and paying dues to the …
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The Power to Break Up the Big Banks
The idea that behemoth banks should be broken up is widespread and bipartisan, embraced by regulators and politicians alike. Regulators—past and present—including Simon Johnson, Richard Fisher and …
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Why Do Conservatives Vote Against Their Own Interests?
Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, raised a compelling question in a conversation the other day: “Why do conservatives vote against their own interests?” If …
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Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock “Undercuts” Obama’s Commitment to Natural Gas
President Obama proclaimed his support for safely expanding gas and oil drilling on public lands this week, and the announcement received an uncomfortable applause from a fracking company ensnarled …
Defender of the Capitalist System: Department of Defense Worst in Competitive Contracts
The first production A-10A was delivered to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in October 1975 and it launched 90 percent of the AGM-65 Maverick missiles. (Photo: awee_19 / flickr) …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Two Critical Pieces of Legislation Will Be Introduced in Congress This Week, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Education Reform: An Order-of-Magnitude Improvement
Imagine the present corporately promoted education reform effort as a truck, its tires nearly flat from the weight of the many unexamined assumptions it carries. On board: …
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The Plow and the iPhone: Conservative Fantasies About the Miracles of the Market
A central doctrine of evangelicals for the “free market” is its capacity for innovation: New ideas, new technologies, new gadgets — all flow not from governments but from individuals …
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Immigration: Global Economy Has Forced Migration
Los Angeles, California - Bert Corona, hero of the US immigrant rights movement. (Photos: David Bacon) Development of the Immigrant Rights Movement to 1986 …
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USDA Ignores Pesticide Ravaging Bee Population, Threatening Global Environment
It has recently been reported that certain research was suppressed concerning the bee decline which has been occurring over the past few years. It seems that the large sum …