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COMMENTARY: The door to real change is wide open

July 8, 2009 By Sam Webb

Let me begin with a simple observation: If the last 30 years were an era of reaction, then the coming decade could turn into an era of reform, even radical reform. Six months into the Obama...

Push begins for new stimulus bill

July 8, 2009

As the reality of a recession far worse than anyone believed it was earlier this year takes hold, labor and its allies are laying the groundwork for another stimulus battle this fall. They are making their...

Health industry lobby buys 350 former government officials

July 7, 2009

The country’s biggest insurers, hospitals and medical groups have hired more than 350 former government staff members, including former members of Congress, in order to influence the health care debate taking place in the nation’s capital,...

Immigrant-bashing ballot measure fails

July 7, 2009

PORT ANGELES, WA.—A far right-wing outfit, Respect Washington (RW), failed to collect enough signatures to qualify their immigrant-bashing initiative for the ballot in Washington State this November. The measure would have required state and local law...

Wells Fargo loses an important round in predatory lending case

July 7, 2009

A federal judge ruled recently against Wells Fargo's request to dismiss a suit charging it with racially motivated predatory lending. The case is being brought against Wells Fargo by the city of Baltimore which claims the...