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Union leaders to Obama aide: ‘This is a defining moment’
March 4, 2011AFL-CIO leaders have told a top aide to President Obama that the current fight in states over workers' rights must be used to discuss the future of the country and of workers.
Read moreCapitalist insolence and taxes
March 3, 2011Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup were all deeply involved in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, which prompted the Great Recession and the huge budget deficits. And they pay no taxes.
Read morePay up, corporate tax dodgers
March 3, 2011We're chumps unless we force Congress to stop tax haven abuse.
Read moreMontanans protest Republican assault on working families, environment
February 22, 2011Montanans assembled at the State Capitol on President's Day to reject the ultra-right state legislature's assault on working families.
Read moreControversy brews over Calif. redevelopment agencies
February 22, 2011A controversy is brewing over Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to do away with local Redevelopment Agencies and return their functions to local governments.
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