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The Right’s “Limited Government” Scam
Tea Party Members might want to check their facts. Robert Perry writes that the real history is that Madison and Washington devised a Constitution with broad powers to promote …
Zero Dark Thirty Won’t Settle the Torture Question or Purge Torture From the American System
If you look backward you see a nightmare. If you look forward you become the nightmare.
Thom Hartmann on the News: Michigan May Have Passed an Even More Undemocratic Law Than Right-to-Work
In this week's On the News Segment: For the second time in a week, a mass shooting has rocked the nation; right-to-work may not be the most undemocratic law …
Michigan Republicans Deny Police Officers and Firefighters the Right to Work
There is no issue of rights involved in this dispute.
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Chicago Students Call for a Fair Contract for Campus Workers
Student labor organizations join the fight to gain proper wages and compensation for campus workers at University of Illinois, Chicago.
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Low-Wage Workers’ Wildcat Winter Spreads to Chicago
The newly-minted union in Chicago launched the Fight for 15 campaign to raise the standard of living for the more than 18,000 workers.
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A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws
With over 350,000 Virginians disenfranchised due to felonies, most of them African-Americans, this case is one worth following.
The 25-Hour Work Week
As we have seen, hours worked per week and per year have increased very substantially for large numbers of Americans in recent years.
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Rice Drops Bid for Secretary of State, Citing Opposition
Susan E. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn her name from consideration for secretary of state, in the face of relentless opposition from Republicans.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Michigan Can Restore Unionization Rights by Gathering Enough Signatures for a Ballot Initiative, and More
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