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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 …

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Bank Regulators Under Scrutiny in JPMorgan Loss
Scores of federal regulators are stationed inside JPMorgan Chaseu2019s Manhattan headquarters, but none of them were assigned to the powerful unit that recently disclosed a multibillion trading loss.

The Politics of Mythology
Increasingly, politics is a game driven by often-invented beliefs and myths that are firmly detached from facts and their interpretation. The parties and their factions live not only in …

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A New Role for the International Labor Organization in the World Economy
The Troika – the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Commission, and the IMF – is dragging Europe into its second recessionin three years. The ECB by itself has the ability to end this crisis, …

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Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 25, 2012
Firefighters Trash DNC for Lack of Aid in the Recall For weeks Democrats in Wisconsin have been putting pressure on the national Democratic Party to do more for the …

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Britain Fears “Lost” Generation of Jobless Youth in Europe’s Crisis
London - Several months after graduating from a technical college, Mohammed Aden remains unemployed, despite sending out a flurry of resumes for entry-level jobs in electronic engineering, his chosen field. …

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Living for the City: David Harvey’s “Rebel Cities“
A public street that has been semi-privatized, the street is often the center of a struggle between citizens and private interests over the nature of the public square. Battles …