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Labor Day 2016: More Jobs and Moderate Progress in the Last Year
9 Sep 2016 … The story for workers in the United States has improved somewhat over the last year. The economy has created almost 2.5 million jobs, bringing the unemployment rate down by 0.4 percentage points. Perhaps more importantly, the percentage of the population Continue reading
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Even In Sweden? Tracing the Worldwide Weinstein Effect
11 Nov 2017 … Sexual discrimination or assault are not somehow more 'tolerable' because women in Sweden are closer to getting equal pay for equal work or have more female members of parliament. Continue reading
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Downton Abbey Congressman Aaron Schock Resigns
3 Mar 2015 … Once people stopped laughing at his lavish office makeover, closer scrutiny of his spendthrift ways caused the Illinois representative’s downfall. Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Democrats Debate; Republicans Revolt; Drilling to Pay For Climate Change
10 Oct 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
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Corporate Triumphs, Progressive Victories and the Roadmap for a Democratic Revival
11 Nov 2014 … Tuesday's Republican wave of election victories was more a triumph in changing the rules of democracy to favor big business and conservative interest groups, than a reflection of the American people's opinions. Continue reading
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Why Are We Cutting the Fulbright Program?
5 May 2014 … Advertised as “the flagship international educational exchange program” of US cultural diplomacy, the Fulbright Program is now in the path of the State Department’s torpedoes. Continue reading
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Moral Mondays Come to Georgia
1 Jan 2014 … Taking a cue from North Carolina, citizen protesters in Georgia are planning actions against the state's right-wing policies at the start of the legislative session next week. Continue reading
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DISCLOSE Act Blocked in the Senate
7 Jul 2012 … Earlier this evening, the DISCLOSE Act died in the Senate by a vote of 51-44. The bill would make have made it harder to anonymously donate money to politically active organizations by requiring that corporations, unions, super PACs and others Continue reading
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Dr. Redfield’s Retreat: Compromising the CDC
7 Jul 2020 … The director of the CDC has capitulated. Under the guise of “guidance,” Dr. Robert Redfield recently released a full-throated promotion of Trump’s latest pandemic talking points urging all schools to reopen in the fall. Continue reading
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Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble
4 Apr 2012 … How big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy. Plus, a Bill Moyers Essay on Rep. Allen West (R-FL) and McCarthyism. Continue reading