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"Transplant" Automakers Get Over $3.6 Billion in Subsidies; More Unions, Ralph Nader Comment

Steve Parker | Posted 12.13.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

This post has the latest news on the billions in subsidies which off-shore transplant carmakers have received from state and local governments.

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The Economic Recovery Program Our Nation Needs

Anna Burger | Posted 12.12.2008 | Home

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Anna Burger

With news that unemployment claims have reached a 26-year high and Congress' continuing failure to reach a compromise to save millions of jobs and Ame...

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What Centrist Huh? Beyond Obama's 2.5 Million Jobs

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Beau Friedlander

Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.

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America Grows Up

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Bruce Tenenbaum

I don't own rose-colored glasses. Obama's victory doesn't mean all is once again right with the world. But for now we become one nation again. Today we reject race as a deciding factor.

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Democrats: The New Western Strategy Is Paying Off

William Bradley | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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William Bradley

While the current party leadership deserves credit for a new path to presidential power, much of the new "Western strategy" has long been championed by former Senator Gary Hart.

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Sam Stein

Franken Put On Obama's Change Bandwagon In Union Mailer

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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The union conglomerate Change to Win is blasting out a mailer to Minnesota voters that puts Senatorial candidate Al Franken beside Barack Obama, sayin...

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Let's All Take a Deep Breath

Andy Stern | Posted 09.26.2008 | Business

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Andy Stern

The events of the last few days prove that the era of corporate cronyism and worship of the market is over. We need a new economic model that addresses the real concerns of America's working families.

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Everything I Own Fits In a Hefty Trash Bag

Michelle Renee | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living

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Michelle Renee

As a 17 year-old abused homeless runaway, getting what I needed to survive sometimes meant hurting those that I loved and those that loved me most.

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McCain Houses Mocked In Union "Genius" Ad (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

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Change to Win, a federation of labor unions, released the first in a two-part online video series on John McCain called "Real McCain of Genius." The s...

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Labor's Election Ground War -- And How The Media Is Missing It

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Tasini

Karen Ackerman believes the election will very close and the AFL-CIO is launching the "broadest, biggest efforts in its history" -- 250,000 volunteers in 24 priority states will be deployed.

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Sam Stein

Labor Group Deploys Confrontational Campaign Tactics Against McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

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Reflecting a much more creative and confrontational approach to the presidential campaign, Change to Win, the major labor organization, is launching a...

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Top Labor Figure: Hillary Should Consider Withdrawing

USA Today | Mark Memmott | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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The Change To Win federation, seven unions representing 40 million workers, today endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president. "We want a president w...

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Change To Win Endorses Obama

Washington Post's The Fix | Chris Cillizza | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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Change To Win has officially decided to throw its endorsement behind Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), according to Anna Burger, the chair of the group. "C...

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Labor's Choice For President (Part IV): SEIU Neutral

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

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Jonathan Tasini

The Service Employees International Union has chosen not to endorse, at the national level, any one candidate, freeing up its individual locals to support the candidates of their choice.

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