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A little debt-ceiling history, and a few suggestions

August 5, 2011 By Norman Markowitz

It was a double "hostage crisis": The right enforced party discipline on the whole GOP and then made the Democrats negotiate on its own terms.

Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited

August 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.

Right wing running scared in Wisconsin

August 5, 2011 By Dominique Paul Noth

With the first big electoral test of whether organized labor can successfully push back at the polls against the radical right, it is apparent here that labor's opponents are running scared.

AFL-CIO creates SuperPAC in political revamp

August 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The labor movement is seeking to expand its influence in the political arena beyond its own membership.

Florida legislators derailing democracy

August 3, 2011 By Joshua Leclair

Voters approved amendments to protect voting rights and prevent political gerrymandering, but legislators are stalling their implementation.