Politics
Steelworkers hit Trump EPA plan to kill chemical protections
July 12, 2017Now that Scott Pruitt's in charge of EPA, he's not suing it any more. Instead, he’s yanking its rules that would protect people.
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State budget struggles affect workers: Four now solved – even Illinois
July 10, 2017Workers and their allies overcame right wing obstructionism to solve four state budget crises in the first week of July – but not without some hair-raising episodes.
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As Congress returns, unions step up fight against Trumpcare
July 7, 2017“We need a health care plan that expands coverage for everyone, not one that cuts it. Please don’t gut our health care."
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The state and counterrevolution: Democracy in the era of Trump
July 6, 2017Our country is in the midst of a profound governmental crisis, a crisis revealing itself deep within the bourgeois state.
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This week in history: The Summer of Love
July 6, 2017Fifty years ago, as many as 100,000 mostly young people, sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
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