Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
When a factory closes, the idea of turning it into a worker-owned co-operative sometimes comes up—and usually dies.
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How Keeping Salaries Secret Makes Employees Complicit in Wage Inequality
The Paycheck Fairness Act, which is scheduled for a vote in the Senate next week, includes a provision that would make it illegal for companies to act against employees who talk about their salaries.
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CIA's Drone Program in Pakistan Began with Assassination Deal
A new report reveals that an assassination deal paved the way for the CIA's drone program in Pakistan.
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Big Depositors Could Suffer in Future Bank Bailouts Under New Law
Big bank depositors could take a hit under planned European Union law if a bank fails.
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U.K. Rewards Polluters and Locks Up Those Who Want to Save the Planet
Climate campaigners should be given a medal for their outstanding bravery and public service, not prison sentences.
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Transplanting Taxes from Corporations to the Rest of Us
American taxpayers are increasingly picking up the tab for unpaid corporate taxes.
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To Clean Up Foreclosure Mess, Banks Rely On Little-Known Industry Plagued By Fraud and Abuse
As the "field services" industry sifts through the wreckage of a monumental wave of reckoning that has seen some 10 million homes slide into foreclosure since 2006, misconduct and abuse proliferates.
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How Inequality Corrupts Society
The corrupting influence of inequality isn’t confined to politics. It is everywhere.
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Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
Workers in more than 700 large American cities must choose between spreading their illness and getting paid.
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Challenging Corporate Rule: From Growing Profit to Growing Food
Over the years, food has been converted from nourishment to a mass-marketed consumer product.
