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Another View: The Myth of the Postal Service’s Finances
The health of the Postal Service lies largely in the hands of Congress, which has made a tremendous accounting strategy error. The pre-payment strategy could bankrupt the post office …
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Public Workers Face New Rash of Layoffs, Hurting Recovery
Government payrolls grew in the early part of the recovery, largely because of federal stimulus measures. But since its postrecession peak in April 2009 (not counting temporary Census hiring), …
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Stop and Frisk
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Enthusiasm of Romney Voters
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mitt Romney Comes Out in Opposition to Hiring More Public Workers, and More
In today's On the News segment: Anti-austerity parties actually nabbed 52% of the vote in Sunday's elections in Greece, Mitt Romney has come out in staunch opposition to hiring …
How Can Labor Combat Obama’s Secret “NAFTA of the Pacific”?
Text of the Trans Pacific Partnership proposal that leaked this week, released by the consumer group Public Citizen, indicate the free trade proposal will continue strong rights for …
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Wisconsin’s Alien Seed: There Can Be No Joy in the Fact That Money Rules
Walker will get to stay in office for the rest of his term, but he didn't win the election u2014 money did.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 1.9 Million American Transportation Workers Are Being Held Hostage by Republicans, and More
Greek situation is still unresolved, 1.9 million American transportation workers are being held hostage by Republicans in the House, the poor are getting poorer, an estimated 50,000 people took …
Thousands Hold Silent March to Mayor Bloomberg’s Home in Protest of NYPD’s “Stop-and-Frisk”
Thousands of people held a silent march in New York City on Sunday to protest the New York City Police Departmentu2019s controversial
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New Twist in Six-Year Fight With Developer: Union Rally Leads to Riot Charges
To Robert James, an organizer for the laborers union, the rally seemed unremarkable. That impression changed seven months later, when the Manhattan district attorneyu2019s office notified Mr. James that …