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AFL-CIO ramps up campaign to protect Social Security
October 31, 2011The AFL-CIO is ramping up its campaign to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from threatened future cuts by the congressional so-called "Super Committee."
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Post office of the future will be busier than ever!
September 16, 2011It is time for us all to ask the billion-dollar question: What is the role of the United States Postal Service in the 21st century?
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Postal unions, postal service collide over layoff scheme, health care cuts
September 16, 2011The nation's postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service's management have collided over management's latest plan to close what it says is a yawning deficit: mass layoffs, violating union contracts, and cuts in health care.
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Six crucial tasks for the left and progressive community
September 13, 2011What will it take to save the core components of our social compact? The same thing that it took to win them. Here are six essential ingredients.
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Creationists, flat earthers and deficit hawks
September 2, 2011It's worth asking how the proponents of deficit-reduction - be they congressional Republicans or "deficit hawks" within the Obama administration - think that lower deficits will lead to increased growth and job creation in an economy...
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