National
Unfazed by Glenn Beck, silent majority turning out to back health reform
August 28, 2009You wouldn't know it from the sensation-hungry commercial media and the right-wing pundits, but supporters of health care reform and a public option are turning out at vigils, rallies and town hall events across the country.
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Immigrant workers demand back wages from NBC Contractors
August 28, 2009HAYWARD, Calif. - "When I heard about NBC Contractors denying workers their rights and the pay they deserve, I thought about my father, and the struggles he went through when he emigrated from China 25 years...
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Big-money consultants fight to kill EFCA, health care
August 28, 2009Behind the wide and well-funded disinformation campaign against pro-worker policies like the Employee Free Choice Act is a network of corporate funders and high-priced lobbying firms, aimed at distracting and confusing the public and the press...
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Rights coalition calls for end to immigrant arrest program
August 28, 2009More than 500 immigrants’ rights and social justice organizations have sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that he stop a controversial program whereby state and local police are allowed to participate in immigration enforcement...
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How the right wing manufactures perceived truths
August 28, 2009If you’ve ever wondered how the right wing has been so successful at manufacturing perceived truths, Charles P. Pierce’s new book "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free" is a...
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