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Bosses, workers, Elmo: amazing films at Traverse City festival
August 29, 2011Here's a wrap-up of highlights from the 7th Annual Traverse City Film Festival that were not mentioned in previous columns.
Read moreThe Republicans must be defeated
August 26, 2011If the GOP regains all three branches of the government, the crisis of human suffering can and will become far more severe.
Read moreRahm Emanuel’s first 100 days: new style, same substance
August 26, 2011After 100 days on the job, new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is touting his administration's first accomplishments. The impression is one of boldly charting a new course of change.
Read more15 years after welfare “deform”
August 25, 2011Aided by a Republican Congress and bitterly divided Democratic Party, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
Read moreIt’s complicated: President Obama and mass movement building
August 25, 2011The building of a mass movement on the scale of the 1930s or 1960s is a complicated process, despite the many-sided problems today's movement has the potential to eclipse them.
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