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Dirty Money: Cities and States Addicted to Soliciting for Corporate Favors
Airbus wasnu2019t coming to Alabama for free: state and local officials had offered the company an incentive package worth more than $158 million for the plant.

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Five So-Called Liberal Pundits Who Are Attacking Teachers
As Chicago's teacher strike shapes up to be one of the most important labor actions in a generation, why are people who consider themselves progressives siding with the bosses?

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Egypt, Hearing From Obama, Moves to Heal Rift From Protests
Egyptian leader offered condolences, and vowed to bring charges against those who had scaled the embassy walls in Cairo.

A Tale of Two Chicagos: Teachers Protest Unequal System
In a system as segregated as Chicago Public Schools, where a quarter of a million students go to schools where 90 percent or more of their classmates are black …

Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Fourth Day
Labor unions back striking teachers, while Democrats remain silent .

The Bain Way: Let the States Pick Up the Tab on National Debt?
We do need to get our fiscal house in order, but after reading about The Bain Way and Mr. Romney's love of his business acumen, I disagree, more than …

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Canada Proves the Decline of Unions is Not Inevitable
While it is assumed the unions have ran their course in the US, examples from places like Sweden and Canada prove that the end is not inevitable.

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Chicago Teachers Strike for Fair Contract (but Really for Better Schools)
At its heart, the strike is over the union's deep opposition to what it calls a corporate reform agenda that pursues a competitive or punitive relationship with teachers, rather …

Romney Tries Again with African Americans
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a new labor focused strategy for reeling in the African American vote.