Democrats
Democratic Party platform backs workers’ rights
August 31, 2012The platform, up for adoption at the party's convention in Charlotte, N.C., so strongly backs workers' rights that it virtually endorses the Employee Free Choice Act,.
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Why we need a massive jobs program
August 29, 2012Seven years later, the downtown and North Side sections still had pockets of the upwardly mobile, but the hustle and bustle had definitely diminished.
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Labor against extending tax cuts for top earners
August 28, 2012The AFL-CIO is "strongly against" extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of the nation's earners, but fears congressional Democrats may blink on the issue, Legislative Director Bill Samuel says.
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Shadowy Republican Super PAC to spend millions on GOTV
August 23, 2012A well financed - and shadowy - Republican Super PAC has arrived on the scene.
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GOP stalls Violence Against Women Act renewal
August 23, 2012Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is tied up in Congress. The reason: Republicans.
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