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Tell Etsy To Stop Using the Irish Tax-Haven Loophole
A petition launched today says that if the online retailer "is really trying to be 'mindful, transparent, and humane,' it must pay its fair share of taxes at home."
Climate Denial Is Corruption, and the GOP Is Captured By It
It is simply remarkable to see a political party working so obviously in the service of an industry as the Republican Party is working on behalf of fossil-fuel interests.
On the Road for Bernie in Iowa
Sanders reportedly became the first major presidential candidate to walk a picket line while campaigning since Robert Kennedy in 1968 when he joined a picket line against a food manufacturing company.
Corporations Deploy Anti-Worker Weapon
Corporations' growing use of lockouts to force workers to accept CEO demands demonstrates that the already powerful -- corporations -- have secured even more might in their relationship with workers.
Progressive Breakfast
Union Vote In Play Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders angle for AFSCME endorsement. NYT: "Mrs. Clinton presented herself as a proven bulwark against [Republican anti-union] efforts and also promised to crack down on wage theft ... Mr. Sanders said he possessed 'maybe...
Will Republicans Earn "C" or "F" In Managing Government This Semester?
Republicans are already stuck trying to keep the government open through a slapdash "continuing resolution" instead of a negotiated budget. They can't earn an "A." Can they avoid shutdown and get a "C"?
Wingnut Week In Review: Mountain Out of a Molehill
This week, President Obama gave a national landmark its name back. Wingnuts tried to make a mountain out of that molehill. Meanwhile, a Kentucky county clerk goes from standing in the chapel door to sitting in jail.
When Unions And Civil Rights Activists Worked Together
Talk radio host Rick Smith took a "People's Tour" of the South this summer to revisit some of the sites where the fights for racial equality and economic justice intersected.
Labor Day: Fighting For Workers So They Can Fight For Themselves
Attacks from the right on the ability of workers to organize are a fundamental factor in the national debate we should be having over income inequality and how to address it.
America’s Journey for Voting Rights Marches to Raleigh
“No more business as usual!” is the battle cry of America’s Journey. Voting rights, Black lives, Jobs with Justice, and education are all linked on the Journey.
