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Walker Signs Anti-Union Law Gov. Scott Walker signs "right to work" bill, then fundraises off of it. AP: "His sleeves rolled up and his suit jacket off, the Republican governor sat at a table with a banner that said 'Freedom to Work' as he signed the bill that makes...
Citizens United Is Making GOP Learn To Love Government Regulations
Republicans insisted it was a First Amendment principle to equate money with speech. Now they must contend with the Citizens United world they fought to create.
MSNBC Roundtable: What If Hillary Doesn't Run? [VIDEO]
Yesterday on MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki," I discussed my recent POLITICO Magazine analysis "What If HIllary Bows Out?" Of course, the former Secretary is highly likely to run. But exploring the matter still has value.
Promote “Fair Markets,” Not “Free Markets”
To say the words “free markets” is to perpetuate a dangerous right-wing myth. There's no such thing. So promote “fair markets,” not free markets. We must reinforce the progressive concept, not the conservative one.
North Carolina Is Our Selma
In our state, the voter suppression law has been referred to as a Voter I.D. law, giving it an air of “common sense,” as our legislators like to say. It has done so much more to disenfranchise North Carolinians than require an I.D.
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Labor Steps Up Effort To Block Fast-Track Labor "ramping up a spring offensive" to stop fast-track. The Hill: "Hundreds of members from the various groups canvassed Capitol Hill, bringing their anti-fast-track message to more than 100 congressional offices ... The...
How Our Trade Policies Kill Jobs
If people understood the trade deficit and the harm it does, they would demand that our politicians do something to fix it. And if that happened great things would happen for working people and our economy.
Wingnut Week In Review: The Selma Edition
In what may be one of the dumbest political moves of the year so far, no Republican leaders will be going to the 50th anniversary ceremonies in Selma this weekend. Not a single one.
356,000 More Health Care Jobs, So Much For "Job-Killing" Obamacare
Republicans said Obamacare would kill jobs and ruin our health care system. But after the latest jobs report, there's no serious argument to make that Obamacare has done either.
Trade Deficit Drops To Enormous, Humongous Level In January
A continuing trade deficit literally drains our economy, jobs, wages, factories, entire industries and our ability to make a living as a country.
