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Mitt Romney Clinches GOP Nomination With Texas Vote
"Texas had 152 delegates at stake Tuesday night, and Romney won his proportional share of them to formally clinch the race."
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How to Bargain Concessions (If You Must)
Can concessions save jobs? Almost always they cannot, and certainly not in the big picture. Concessions can’t fix a collapsed market or stop offshoring, nor the 1%’s relentless assault …
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US Winds Down Longer Benefits for Unemployed
Hundreds of thousands of out-of-work Americans are receiving their final unemployment checks sooner than they expected, even though Congress renewed extended benefits until the end of the year.
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Florida Right-Wingers Erect Barriers to Unemployment Claims
Thursday's reports that unemployment claims are edging downward take on a slightly different cast after reading a complaint filed with the Labor Department detailing how a new Florida law is hindering unemployed people …
A Mother’s Plea For Justice
There are fewif any losses one can experience in life worse than the loss of a child; this everyone can agree upon. On Jan 31, Velma Jean Humphrey, whose …
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Can an Unequal Economy Self-Correct?
Lars Osberg, Instability Implications of Increasing Inequality: What can be learned from North America? Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. May 2012. Economist Lars Osberg has been writing about income distribution since …
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Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 29, 2012
Today, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Bice revealed the existence of potentially explosive emails uncovered as part of the John Doe criminal investigation of Governor Scott Walker’s former staff during the time that …
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Wisconsin’s New Bad Idea
Wisconsinu2019s historic recall election has taken center stage in the stateu2019s politics. Yet behind the recall curtain, the state struggles to manage damaging budget cuts enacted by Governor Scott …
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Immigrant Tracking Moves Deeper Into Realm of Sci-Fi
Immigrant rights groups in Los Angeles are reporting that LAPD officers used handheld devices to scan the fingerprints of day laborers on the street corners. The incident, they say, …
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From 1968, a Long View on Movement Building
After demonstrators were arrested and roughed up in an unsuccessful attempt to march to McCormick Place on Sunday, I thought it would be interesting to check in with Mel …