John Case
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Case
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U.S.
Vermont single-payer fight lights a path
April 27, 2011Vermont's state Senate on Monday spotlighted how progressives can use the Affordable Health Care Act to introduce single-payer health care in states across the country.
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U.S.
LaHood “had no idea” air traffic controllers were tired
April 19, 2011The problem started 30 years ago when Reagan fired the air traffic controllers who were protesting the very conditions that led to this debacle.
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Opinion
Budget showdown outrage
April 6, 2011The Republicans are playing a dangerous game, and anyone who thinks it's "all under control" should consider consuming a stiff drink as soon as possible.
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U.S.
Obama pledges “limited” U.S. involvement in Libya
March 30, 2011President Obama defended U.S. intervention in Libya and promised to hand over leadership of the No Fly Zone and Libyan humanitarian efforts to NATO by today.
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Opinion
Poem of the week: Marge Piercy and workers of the world
March 28, 2011Marge Piercy's writing almost always focuses on working class women and wide-ranging social concerns including a lifelong commitment to progressive social change.
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Opinion
The GOP wants to suppress the student vote
March 9, 2011Paul Krugman's recent quip - that the Republican leadership has adopted the slogan "Kill the Future" to counter Obama's "Win the Future" slogan in his State of the Union address - gets truer every day.
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U.S.
The unity of public workers and those they serve
March 1, 2011Republican Governor Rick Scott gave rise to a political strike, not a collective bargaining strike, by deciding to attack public workers.
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Opinion
Poem of the week: Nizar Qabbani’s “The Old World is Dead”
February 24, 2011This unnamed verse, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations - and in some U.S. states as well.
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