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Asian Steel Industry Eats America’s Lunch
We’re not seeking special deals, subsidies or handouts. We’re asking Congress to implement the trade laws to level the field of competition. If the same rules apply to everyone, U.S. industry can compete and win.
Progressive Breakfast
Supreme Court Sides With Corporations "The Roberts Court Thinks Corporations Have More Rights Than You Do" argues TNR's David Gans: "Prior to 2014, the Supreme Court had never held that a secular, for-profit corporation is entitled to protections for the free exercise...
What the Court's "Harris v Quinn" Union Decision Means
The workers can still join unions. They can still collectively bargain. The union is still their sole bargaining agent. They just don't have to pay for the union's services because that violates their "free speech."
Not A Good Day To Be A Woman Or A Public Employee
The latest rulings from the Roberts Court make one thing abundantly clear. It's a good time to be an abstract legal concept called a corporation. A woman, not so much. Neither is it a good time to be a public employee.
America's CEOs: In a Class All By Themselves
Workers in the United States don't make double what workers make in Japan or Switzerland. Why should U.S. CEOs routinely make double — and often much more — than Japanese and Swiss top execs?
Progressive Breakfast
Freedom To Organize, Use Contraception At Stake Today Final day of Supreme Court term will decide Obamacare contraception coverage mandate. The Hill: "A ruling against the administration could undermine the statute’s provision requiring companies to offer...
5 Signs the U.S. Is Failing to Protect Women's Rights in the Workplace
Our country’s bias against women in the workplace isn’t just cultural. As is true elsewhere, evidence for it can be found in both policy choices and economic data.
David Brooks Asks "What Is America For?" We Must Provide The Answer.
From his 1997 call for "A Return to National Greatness" to his new lament about America's "Spiritual Recession," conservative David Brooks makes it easy to dismiss his arguments. But we must not dismiss his questions.
Mitch McConnell Has A Bridge To Sell You, And Kentuckians Aren't Buying
The Senate minority leader thinks the best way to help pay for a $2.7 billion bridge rebuilding project in Kentucky is to stiff the workers who would do the work. A poll shows that idea is wildly unpopular.
Wingnut Week In Review: Mississippi, Goddam!
Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran defeated primary challenger Chris McDaniel with the help of black Democrats, and the tea party exploded with rage. Now, to quote Nina Simone, “Everybody Knows About Mississippi, Goddam!”
