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Texas elections hinge, so far, on big money
August 2, 2012If one were to believe the commercial media coverage, it would hard to get around the conclusion that Texas voters are lazy, mean, and not very bright.
Read moreStudy: “Good jobs” in America on the decline
August 2, 2012The share of "good jobs" in the U.S. economy declined from 27.4 percent to 24.6 percent since 1979, a new report by two labor economists says.
Read moreCan an India-style blackout happen in America?
August 1, 2012He noted that it was only nine years ago that a massive blackout shut the lights off across one quarter of the North American continent.
Read moreRomney lags among Jewish voters, offends Palestinians too
July 31, 2012Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney travelled to Israel hoping to win support among Jewish Americans, but it looks as if U.S. Jewish voters will go heavily for Obama.
Read moreAFL-CIO: Walesa didn’t speak for Polish workers at Romney meeting
July 31, 2012The largest labor federation in the U.S. is warning Polish communities nationwide that Lech Walesa's meeting with Mitt Romney in Poland this week did not have the support of Polish unions or the labor movement here...
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