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Chicago Workers’ Economic Plan: Go Co-Operative!
Laura Flanders: A group of the workers who occupied the Republic Windows and Doors factory in 2008 have founded a worker-run cooperative.
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Thomas Frank on Money in Politics
When it comes to the vast, corrupting influence of money in politics, historian Thomas Frank has sounded the alarm loudly and often.
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Liberals Working for the Right
It is astounding how happy liberals are to work for the right by playing into conservative framing.
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Euro Crisis Used to Destroy Social Contract
Rob Johnson: European adjustments are not the product of a mistake, but a design to break down some of the leftover architecture of the Cold War, which might be …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Republican War on Women Has Reached the Military, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â Meet the billionaire who's trying to buy the 2012 election for Mitt Romney, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim wants the rest of the world …
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Bob Pollin: Will Military Budget Cuts Weaken Defense and Lose Jobs?
Bob Pollin: Cuts triggered by the Congressional sequestration process are not as big as Pentagon spin and military spending is an inefficient
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Romney Confirms He Will Deny Insurance to Millions With Pre-Existing Conditions if Obamacare Is Struck Down
Romney confirmed on Tuesday that he would allow insurers to deny coverage to millions of Americans.
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New Documentary Provides Reflections on Wisconsin
Report on film “We Are Wisconsin”, featuring Brian and Melissa Austin; active police officer and a housewife turned activist
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America Has an Industrial Policy – It’s Run by the Pentagon
recession, growth, employment, military budget, militarization, clean energy, emissions, defense policy, industrial policy, Robert Pollin
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Economic Update: Students in Montreal Fight Tuition Hikes, and More
Rick Wolff provides his weekly dose of economic updates.