These are companies that even a top cheerleader for the corporate class can’t bring itself to defend.
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Shifting Tactics, Moral Monday Movement Launches a New Freedom Summer
Fifty years after the murders of Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman, North Carolina activists move from civil disobedience to big voter mobilization push.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Rules Disadvantaged Workers Should Be Disadvantaged Some More
The decision in Harris v. Quinn—written by the Court’s leading union-hater, Justice Samuel Alito—appears designed to cripple unions by creating incentives for “free riders.”
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Dear Thom Tillis: How Long Does It Take For a Black Person to Become a Traditional North Carolinian?
An open letter to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who is currently running for U.S. Senate, is prompted by his comments about the Republican Party’s demographics.
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Photo Essay: Moral Mondays’ Potent Symbols and Creative Actions
So far in the 2014 North Carolina legislative session, lawmakers have witnessed weekly actions: a silent protest, a sit-in in the Speaker’s office, and prayerful bread-breaking by the activists of the Moral Monday movement, chronicled here in a photo
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The Brothers Koch: Family Drama and Disdain for Democracy
Lawsuits are the billionaire brothers’ weapon of choice—against each other—writes Daniel Schulman in his first-rate new bio. But buying our democracy, and maybe killing it, is pure self-interest.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Every Great American City Deserves a Shot—Including Detroit
Policymakers should remember the core lesson from New York City’s fiscal crisis: The key to recovery is investment—not austerity.
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Moral Monday Movement Gears Up for Round Two
As the North Carolina state legislature reopens on May 14 with no ideological reversal in sight, the Monday takeovers of the rotunda will resume. So, likely, will the arrests.
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Three Cheers for Taxes
Instead of grumbling on tax day, count your blessings.
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In Shocker, GOP Proposes Cutting Taxes For the Wealthy
Don’t believe the baloney about “tax simplification.”Â
