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It’s our turn: Campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5 takes off

July 22, 2011 By Rick Nagin

"You will take this fight over the finish line," AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka told Ohio union leaders yesterday. "You will restore the rights of 365,000 public employees!"

Debt-ceiling deals: Turning away from prosperity to austerity

July 20, 2011 By John Case

The rich continue to make out like bandits in the "six" proposal, according to economist Dean Baker.

Grappling with cuts when Democrats are in charge

July 20, 2011 By Juan Lopez

In many states, Democratic leaders make cuts to social programs, putting a big hole in the safety net as the economic crisis and unemployment worsen - What to do?

Elizabeth Warren falls on her sword

July 19, 2011 By John Case

Elizabeth Warren represented the moral opposite of the decadence in Wall Street that nearly ruined, and may yet ruin, the whole nation.

Wisconsin recalls, round one: Dems sweep

July 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg And Dominique Paul Noth

Despite GOP shenanigans, labor-backed Democratic State Senate hopefuls swept six races in the first round of Wisconsin's state recall elections.