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Fired Walmart Workers Arrested at Rally Announcing Labor Day Deadline

Fired Walmart Workers Arrested at Rally Announcing Labor Day Deadline Fired Walmart Workers Arrested at Rally Announcing Labor Day Deadline

Nine fired workers and one current one were arrested at the end of a rally at which they gave Walmart a deadline to raise wages and reinstate fired workers.

Aug 22, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand

DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand

The Department of Justice is right to challenge the state’s discriminatory voter ID law. 

Aug 22, 2013 / Ari Berman

Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard

Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard

We’ll march for jobs as well we should, but where do I line up for the march for leisure?

Aug 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Keeping a Massive Trade Deal Out of the Fast Lane

Keeping a Massive Trade Deal Out of the Fast Lane Keeping a Massive Trade Deal Out of the Fast Lane

The Obama administration is pushing to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership without congressional oversight. 

Aug 22, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off

Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off

The point guard’s on-court ability insulates him from being banished by league executives and team owners who  like unions about as much as David Stern likes baggy jeans...

Aug 22, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Obama Should Resist Calls for War in Syria

Obama Should Resist Calls for War in Syria Obama Should Resist Calls for War in Syria

Whether gas was used or not, getting involved in Syria’s civil war is a bad idea.

Aug 22, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Paul Ryan’s Choice: Constituents or Koch Brothers?

Paul Ryan’s Choice: Constituents or Koch Brothers? Paul Ryan’s Choice: Constituents or Koch Brothers?

As Ryan met secretly with the billionaire campaign donors, the largest city in his district called for getting corporate cash out of politics.

Aug 22, 2013 / John Nichols

On the Death of Democratic Higher Education

On the Death of Democratic Higher Education On the Death of Democratic Higher Education

As opportunities for becoming a college professor retreat, teaching college becomes the province of a proleterariat—and of a class of “gentleman scholars.”

Aug 21, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional?

Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional? Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional?

Bond holders are at odds with municipal workers over who will bear the brunt of the city’s bankruptcy.

Aug 21, 2013 / Chris Hayes

GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt

GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt

General Electric gave $1 million to the pro-austerity group Fix the Debt last year.

Aug 21, 2013 / Lee Fang

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