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Labor against extending tax cuts for top earners

August 28, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO is "strongly against" extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent of the nation's earners, but fears congressional Democrats may blink on the issue, Legislative Director Bill Samuel says.

Shadowy Republican Super PAC to spend millions on GOTV

August 23, 2012 By Dan Margolis

A well financed - and shadowy - Republican Super PAC has arrived on the scene.

GOP stalls Violence Against Women Act renewal

August 23, 2012 By Susan Webb

Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is tied up in Congress. The reason: Republicans.

Sandra Fluke campaigning hard for Obama

August 23, 2012 By John Wojcik

Sandra Fluke, who has become a national figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights, is campaigning hard now for the re-election of President Obama.

Steelworkers push for jobs plank in Dem platform

August 9, 2012 By Special to People’s World

A program to revitalize U.S. manufacturing should be put into the Democratic Party platform this fall, two Steelworker activists told the party's platform committee.