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You Might Have Been Fooled by Republicans If …
Republicans go out, find passionate single-interest groups, and pull them together under the big GOP elephant.

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Nightmare on Main Street: ALEC Policies Harm Working Americans
The Economic Policy Institute has produced the most in-depth study yet on the plethora of legislative initiatives pursued by the American Legislative Exchange Council to undermine the ability of …

Hopkins Halts Program After Investigation Finds Docs Denied Disability Benefits for Miners With Black Lung
World-renowned Johns Hopkins Medicine forced to suspend program after investigation finds one doctor reviewed 1,500 cases and never found an instance of black lung, denying coal miners disability benefits.

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Out of Hurricane Sandy Devastation, Free Photographic Book Combines Art With Generosity
The Concord Free Press book

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Forget the Faulty Website: GOP Uses Obamacare Hearing to Whine About Abortion Instead
So far the failures of Healthcare.gov have been public and embarrassing, bandied about by Republican politicians who opposed health care reform from the start.

California Probe of Campaign Donations Sheds Light on “Dark Money“
Tony Russo had a multimillion-dollar problem. The Republican consultant and his team had raised piles of cash to use in California politics as last November's election approached.

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November 5 Vote in Washington Tests Future of GMOs, Capitalism and Climate Change
News and funding is coming in on both sides of the long-heated debate around an initiative to require labeling of genetically modified foods and agricultural products.

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Five Crazy Things Cuccinelli’s Surrogates Have Said (So He Didn’t Have to)
In the final days of the Virginia governor's campaign, both candidates are bringing out every gun in their arsenal to woo last minute voters and convince their bases to …

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Auto Workers Try a New Angle at Volkswagen
The United Auto Workers, so long frustrated in their attempts to organize foreign-owned auto plants in the US, may have found a different way in.

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Corporations Rewriting US Labor Laws
Corporate lobbies have engaged in attack on US labor standards and workplace protections, including minimum wage laws, the amount of paid sick leave offered and even child labor protections.