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Profiting from Public Dollars: How ALEC and Its Members Promote Privatization of Government Services and Assets
A new report by In the Public Interest exposes ALECu2019s extensive privatization agenda including private prison corporations, online education companies and health care corporations.
Letter to the Editor from CTU President Karen Lewis
Letter from Chicago Teachers Strike President Karen Lewis describing the movements reasons and goals.
How to End Hard Times? Reduce Inequality
A new report from a United Nations group details how low inequality promotes economic growth u2014 and blasts away at a status quo where the most profitable firms end …
Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Fourth Day
Labor unions back striking teachers, while Democrats remain silent .
Does Obama’s Economic Policy “Just Need More Time”?
Gerry Epstein: The basic policies must change or recession and high unemployment will continue.
“The Pluralist Commonwealth”
Over time, a fundamental shift in the ownership of wealth would slowly move the nation as a whole toward greater equality directly - through, for instance, worker-owned enterprises; and …
Economic Update: “No Better Economic Policy?”
Updates on Spain's government vs radical unions' responses to crisis, who gains most from expanding money supply, temp and low-paid replace middle level jobs, US dominates global arms sales. …
Romney Tries Again with African Americans
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a new labor focused strategy for reeling in the African American vote.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Report Shows Casino Tycoon Sheldon Adelson Stands to Save $2 Billion Under Romney’s Tax Plan, and More
In today's On the News segment: Shell Oil has been drilling in the Arctic since Sunday despite documents revealing problems with its blowout response systems, casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson …
Chris Hedges: Dems Owe Chicago Public Teachers Support for “Most Important Labor Action in Decades”
"If it does not prevail, you can be certain that the template for the attack on the union will be carried out across the country against other teachers’ unions …