Now that Obamacare—the largest expansion of the social-safety net in the last 60 years—is safe, what’s next for the liberal economic project?
Working in America
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Defending the Right to Treat Your Employees Like Dirt
What CEOs who object to Obamacare are really saying
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Progressives: The Biggest Winners of State Ballot Measures
Things just got good for Washington State’s gay charter school teachers, who can now inhale and really enjoy the food at their weddings.
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Workers Won! An Election Fly-Around
From Albuquerque to Idaho, Americans voted to give a raise to the lowest paid and refused to strip workers of their rights.
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The Future of the White Man’s Party
For a glimpse of where the GOP is headed, look to California, where Latinos, Asians, and young people just elected Democratic supermajorities to the state legislature.
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Follow the Money—Where?
California’s tortuous quest to identify big-dollar right-wing donors
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Unions Fighting Two-Front War on California Ballots
This is the eighth in the Prospect’s series on the 174 measures on state ballots this year. It’s been a bad year for California unions. Republicans have never been fans of the labor movement, and now state Democratic support is waning. In September, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a pension reform plan that […]
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Ohio’s Brown Revolution
What will the fighting liberal senator’s likely re-election mean for the future of Ohio Democrats?
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Power and Privilege in the Workplace
More employers tell their employees how to vote