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Union leaders urge: Act now to stop paycheck “protection” laws
April 14, 2011"This is about eliminating the organizations that represent people. With one vote they are trying to take away our rights."
Read more“Have you left no sense of decency?”
March 29, 2011In the midst of the battle in Wisconsin, the Republican Party has revived McCarthyism to attack William Cronon, a distinguished professor of history at the University of Wisconsin.
Read moreRouting the barbarians at the gate
March 22, 2011The right-wing offensive is backfiring. But the battle is far from won.
Read moreLabor switches to defense on legislative agenda
March 14, 2011Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO legislative director, explains the new math on Capitol Hill and in state houses around the country, and its impact on labor's agenda.
Read more“Islam radicals” hearing recalls Hollywood witchhunt
March 11, 2011Peter King's congressional inquisition of the purported "radicalization" of U.S. Muslims is taking place the same month as the 60th anniversary of another all-American witch hunt.
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