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A Progressive Message Resonates

There is more proof in the past 24 hours that a majority of the public is siding with progressives on the war in Iraq and on the economy.

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Blindness: Your Letters

From the veil to the environment, from Obama to oversight: Readers decry lack of vision in this week's letters. more »


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Why I'm Not Doing Backflips Over The Dow

The media is doing its best to show its class bias and/or ignorance with its wild celebrations of the more »

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U.S. Export: Union-Busting

U.S. corporations don't like labor unions at home and they're certainly not prepared to welcome them to China. more »

Wal-Mart's Benefits Squeeze

The world's largest retailer has figured out a way to answer its critics and still screw its employees. more »

Bush's War On Unions

How a little-known board made potentially millions of workers ineligible for union benefits. more »

One Less Eye On Inequality

In his latest swipe at gender equality, Bush discards a vital tool for stopping discrimination on the job. more »

Labor Joins La Marcha

Unions realize they have much to gain from the immigrants' rights movement. more »

Fighting The Flat Earthers

A proposal to counter Tom Friedman's view of the global economy and benefit the world's workers. more »

Labor Day Wake-Up Call

Heard the news about America's workers getting the short end of the stick? It doesn't have to be this way. more »