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Democrats
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Just Another TV Show
In terms of sheer showmanship, the Democrats put on the most masterfully choreographed convention I have ever seen or even heard of.
Clinton Delivers Stirring Plea for Obama Second Term
Former President Bill Clinton and President Obama hugged onstage Wednesday night after Mr. Clinton delivered an impassioned plea on behalf of Mr. Obamau2019s re-election, the 42nd president nominating the …
How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted
Bill talks with Mike Lofgren, a long-time Republican who describes the modern dysfunction of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
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Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? Obama Has an App for That
Curious how many Democrats live on your block? Just download the Obama campaign's new mobile app.
The Other ALECs’ K-12 Education Agenda Exposed
For over 30 years, corporate America and its allies on both sides of the political aisle have carried out an assault on US workers, pushing down wages, slashing benefits …
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The Quiet Extermination of Labor Rights From Human Rights
While progressives and labor are arguing, sometimes viciously, over laboru2019s current sorry state, one thing progressives havenu2019t done is serious self-examination on how and where this abandonment of labor …
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House Democrats Propose Increasing Minimum Wage to $10
A group of House Democrats have proposed increasing the minimum wage to $10, which, as Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) pointed out would allow the wage to u201ccatch upu201d …
Catching Up With the Crazy
Coming home, in retrospect, may have been an egregious tactical error on my part.