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The Commemoration in Selma
Watching America’s first Black President with Congressman John Lewis together in Selma was a testament to the honor and ultimate victory of struggle. Lewis is the single living American who did the...
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Obama Blasts Scott Walker for Signing Anti-Union Right to Work for less bill
We know right to work is bad for workers. The 11 bottom states in wages in America are right to work states. When we were trying to stop right to work in Oklahoma, we compared their wages with...
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Time to blow all the arguments for right to work out of the water
My friend Ross Eisenbrey of the Economic Policy Institute just wrote a great column in which he debunks or destroys every argument I’ve ever heard for right to work laws. Right to work (RTW) is...
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Congressman John Lewis and Voting
“We have never solved a problem in this country with less democracy, and so the persistent efforts from some in political power to restrict the right to vote should be a call to action for us all. This...
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Politics and Legislation are Critical
While employment continued to grow in 2014, the wages of most workers in America continued to decline or stagnate. But there was one very notable exception. The least powerful, most vulnerable workers...
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The Illinois Governor's Assault on Unions
You would have to know the Illinois labor movement and the Chicago Federation of Labor to fully understand the seriousness of the new governor’s assault on organized labor. Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to...
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One Effect of the Supreme Court's Tortured and Mangled Logic
Because of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, the Republican primary campaign for President is a virtual tsunami of cash. The Koch Brothers have been reported at one time to intend to...
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Ted Cruz Throws His Hat in the Proverbial Ring
Well, well it looks like we’re gonna have more fun watching the Republican Presidential Primaries than we expected with Ted Cruz running for president. This is the same Texas Senator Ted Cruz who...
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Lavish, Illegal Spending for Right-wing Congressman, Grinding Poverty for the...
Reports are coming out from a wide variety of media sources that high living, right-wing, budget cutting Congressman Aaron Shock is being investigated by the FBI. A Grand Jury has even been empaneled,...
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Bernie Blasts Away at Republican Budget
In his new role as minority leader on the Senate budget committee, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is blasting away at the Senate’s budget, which came from the radical right-wing Republican...
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We have all heard some employers and right-wingers say that wages are determined by the labor market, some kind of human supply and demand.Yet recently, we reported that Walmart announced two upcoming...
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Technology and Redistribution
“The two sectors of the economy harboring the most professionals — health care and education — are under increasing pressure to cut costs. And expert machines are poised to take over. We’re on the...
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Union busting creates and sustains poverty
“If we can’t have unions and we can’t raise the minimum wage, how can we lift people out of poverty through work?” asked Melissa Harris-Perry on her MSNBC show. That is the question and that is the...
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Those Who Brought You the Global Financial Crash Continue to Wallow in Our Money
Those folks on Wall Street who brought you the Global Financial Crash continue to wallow in huge bonuses, despite their lack of accountability and responsibility. They received $28.5 BILLION in...
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Chicago Mayoral Candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia Fights for Economic Justice
Chicago progressive mayoral candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is working and rallying with the Fight for 15 movement, the Chicago Teachers Union, and the Service Employees International Union for a $15...
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The Koch Brothers and the Smithsonian
Turns out that the Koch Brothers–covering either their bases or their asses I guess–have donated millions of dollars to the Smithsonian, which as a national scientific institution is convinced that...
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My Speech at the Promoting the General Welfare Conference
This conference for the general welfare at the University of Nebraska Omaha, which my friend John Kretzschmar organizes and conducts every year, is always exciting and inspiring. They bring together...
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Low Wage Workers in New York Win!
Car wash workers recently won their ninth union in New York. The “carwasheros” at Vegas Auto Spa in Park Slope will also receive raises, a $1500 per person signing bonus, and a grievance procedure....
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We Subsidize the Koch Brothers' Charitable Giving
Last week I was criticized for pointing out the absurdity of the Koch Brothers contributing to the Smithsonian (our national museums), and other charities while working like hell to dismantle our...
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Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Steps Out
Senator Bernie Sanders is a friend of mine. After all he wrote the foreword to my second book, Playing Bigger Than You Are. I have the utmost respect for Elizabeth Warren. But I also have a lot of...
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