Labor
Blue-Green Alliance demands congressional action on clean energy jobs
August 16, 2010A coalition of unions and environmental groups launched a campaign this week to overcome Republican roadblocks to clean energy jobs and climate legislation.
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Immigration: How not to make legislative concessions
August 13, 2010The Senate yesterday to throw $600 more into the useless and hopeless project of "sealing" the U.S.-Mexican border. What a waste!
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Texas governor candidate passes up Obama meeting
August 13, 2010Texas politics is getting more complicated, but lots more interesting. Bill White, Democrat of Texas, is trying to unseat two term Republican Governor Rick Perry in November.
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Denying citizenship to U.S. born children is racist
August 13, 2010Some members of Congress are pushing to challenge the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country.
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Steelworkers show the way on fair trade
August 12, 2010Last week the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced important agreements with two Chinese clean energy companies.
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