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President Obama on Inequality
Transcript from speech delivered 12/4/2013 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. Please, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, thank you, Neera, for the wonderful introduction and sharing [...]
National Labor Relations Board To Prosecute Walmart For Violating Workers’ Rights
credit ap BY Bryce Covert November 18, 2013 AT 3:01 PM The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that protects workers’ rights to organize and demand better conditions, will announce a decision today to prosecute [...]
"Lockup Quotas," "Low-crime Taxes," and the For-Profit Prison Industry
Donald Cohen In 2012, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison company in the country, sent a letter to 48 state governors offering to buy their public prisons. CCA offered to buy and operate state [...]
State representative stands by her comparison of Obama to Hitler
By Hank Stephenson - hank.stephenson@azcapitoltimes.com Arizona Capitol Times Published: October 7, 2013 at 3:28 pm Republican Rep. Brenda Barton of Payson compared President Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler on her Facebook page today in a post urging [...]