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Liberals Face a Hard Day’s Knight?
Democrats and liberals have become too fixated on election results, kowtowing to the status quo.

The “Deep State” – How Much Does It Explain?
The Deep State operates according to its own compass heading regardless of who is formally in power.

Public Citizen Argues Challenge to Labor Rules That Set Unfair Employment Standards for Sheep and Cattle Herders
Government illegally exempted herders from labor rules, allowing substandard wages and housing conditions.

“The Paragraph Began to Self-Delete”: Did NSA Hack Computer of Snowden Biographer and Edit Book Draft?
Is the National Security Agency breaking into computers and tampering with unpublished manuscripts?

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Activists Win Coordinated Wage Boost in DC, Nearby Counties
Working as a coalition, with groups on both sides of the border and groups working for both issues, proved essential.

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The Murky Politics of the $15 Minimum Wage
It's not a perfect comparison, but like the average Venezuelan the people of Seattle are experiencing an explosion of political consciousness.

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We’ve Got a Long Way to Go, Baby
The uproar over what GM's paying its new CEO should be about more than equal pay for women at the top of the corporate ladder.

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FCC Considers New Net Neutrality Rules
The FCC says it will write new net neutrality rules to prevent telecommunications companies from discriminating against web content.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Raising the Minimum Wage Could Decrease Jobs for Low-Wage Workers, and More
The Department of Homeland Security wants to keep a record of where you drive your car.

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A Lesson From Chattanooga
One especially important lesson concerns how one factor - “outside influence” - works so one-sidedly in the United States.