On economic issues, independents are closer to Democrats than they are to Republicans.
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Technology and Oppression, 30 Years Ago and Today
Could there be a protest movement brewing against the likes of Google and Facebook?
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What About Palestinian Security?
With Israeli settler attacks on villages growing, it’s becoming apparent that sovereignty isn’t the only issue concerning Palestinians in peace talks.
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Defense Spending Is the Most Expensive Way to Create Jobs
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter costs as much as $8 million for every job created.
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Daily Meme: Old McDonnell Had a Federal Indictment
Just a few years ago, Virginia governor Bob McDonnell was a rising GOP star, selected to give the Republican response to President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address and touted as a future presidential candidate. But behind the scenes, his family was in debt. Enter Jonnie Williams, the CEO of Star Scientific, a supplement […]
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The GOP, Guardians of Health Security
Will voters believe that the likes of Mitch McConnell want nothing more than to protect your health? Probably, yeah.
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Are Home Health Care Workers About to Get Screwed by the Supreme Court?
Harris v. Quinn could take away their collective bargaining rights. That would be a loss for not only these workers, but our nation’s elderly and disabled.
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The State of Our Union? Economically Unjust
In his speech next week, the president needs to go beyond platitudes and start addressing economic injustice—he could start by making sure federal contract workers get paid enough.
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Raising the Minimum is the Bare Minimum
What America needs is to shift income from capital to labor.
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Daily Meme: It’s Complicated—The Wendy Davis Story
It’s not going to be all pink sneakers and inspiring grassroots action this week for the Wendy Davis gubernatorial campaign down in Texas. On Saturday, The Dallas Morning News broke the story that key facts of her hard-scrabble, single-mother biography had been “blurred” by the campaign: Davis was divorced at 21, not 19, the age […]
