U.S.
GOP bill overturns Labor Dept. restriction on financial advisers; Obama promises veto
April 29, 2016Some firms have incentivized advisers to steer clients into products that have higher fees and lower returns, costing American families an estimated $17 billion a year,
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Labor, progressives warn Congress: Keep ideological agenda out of spending bills
April 28, 2016"Riders from the Republican leadership are a way to manipulate the rules in favor of the wealthy few and big corporations."
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Award-winning elementary principal criticizes Mayor Rahm Emanuel, loses job
April 27, 2016The "reassignment" to a different position smelled like retribution for the outspoken principal's public criticism of the Chicago mayor.
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Hillary and Bernie eye a wall to keep out right wingers
April 27, 2016Said Clinton, "We will unify our party to win this election; no matter if you support me or Sanders, there is much more that unites us than divides us."
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Hillary is not a neoconservative, but her foreign policy bears watching
April 27, 2016Her acceptability and in some cases support by right wing extremism was exposed in the media on Sunday, but such support for Clinton is not entirely new.
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