Budget
War on workers in Minnesota: unprecedented attacks in 2012 legislative session
May 17, 2012Republicans unveiled an unprecedented attack on worker rights and protections, including the granddaddy of all anti-union legislation: "Right to work."
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It’s thumbs down on “austerity” in Europe
May 3, 2012The European solution of austerity has been totally discredited not just on that continent but by workers and their allies around the world.
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Ryan budget: A nightmare in the making
April 3, 2012House Republicans approved a budget that is far worse than any reasonable person could, up to now, have imagined would ever come out of a U.S. Congress.
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Under the gun, Congress OK’s 90-day fix on mass transit
March 30, 2012The ruling House GOP wouldn't even let lawmakers vote on a 2-year bipartisan highway-mass transit bill the Senate approved earlier this month.
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Interest rate swaps wreak havoc around the country
March 29, 2012Like many states and local governments around the country, Oakland is being victimized by the banking industry.
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