All 139 articles by Art Levine

• 21 Apr 11

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  Despite Polling, Progressives Still Scrambling to Win Budget Fight

  Liberal activists and labor groups are taking heart from a spate of independent and commissioned polling showing that... MORE »

• 09 Mar 11

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  After GOP Strips Bargaining Rights, Unions Launch Morning Protests Across Wisconsin. Strikes Next?

  In the wake of the Wisconsin's Senate end-run to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, thousands of... MORE »

• 03 Mar 11

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  Protests in DC: Pressure Mounting on State AGs to Crack Down on Foreclosure Fraud

  Led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who has apparently abandoned promises to put bank officials in jail,... MORE »

• 24 Feb 11

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  US Uncut Spreads Spirit of Madison: 50 Protests Saturday Over Budget Cuts, Corporate Tax Dodgers

  A little over two weeks ago, Carl Gibson, a 23-year-old former Mississippi Public Radio reporter fired over protesting... MORE »

• 27 Jan 11

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  SOTU Shockers: AFL-CIO, Chamber Join Hands, Liberals Win One on Social Security

  With President Obama winning high marks from the public while making the case for increased government "investment" in... MORE »

• 06 Jan 11

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  Will the New Assaults on Public Employee Unions Undermine All Workers?

  (Editor's note: Art Levine appeared on Democracy Now! this morning to discuss the new attacks on public-sector workers... MORE »

• 23 Dec 10

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  Can Labor—Or Anyone— Stop the Foreclosure Mess That’s Wrecking the Economy?

  In the same week that President Obama was showered with well-deserved hosannas for his lame-duck legislative feats, reports... MORE »

• 16 Dec 10

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  GOP Kills Bonds Program: Secret Plan to Bankrupt States, Bust Public Employee Unions?

  The tax deal moving through Congress doesn't just cost the federal government $850 billion in lost revenues. It also... MORE »

• 09 Dec 10

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  GOP Unmoved by Miners’ Health Concerns While MSHA Cracks Down on Black Lung, Scofflaws

  In an earlier political era, a major mine disaster like the explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch... MORE »

• 02 Dec 10

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  Do Unto Others: Clergy Launch Grassroots Drive to Aid Jobless, Win Jobs Programs

  Leaders of the liberal religious community, joined by three U.S. Senators and other activists, braved the deficit-cutting... MORE »

• 19 Nov 10

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  Labor Pushing Backbone Implant for Wavering Dems on Taxes, Social Security, Deficits

  The White House and Democrats have been sending mixed signals (at best) on whether they're willing to fight... MORE »

• 12 Nov 10

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  Shocking State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests

  Activists in more than 30 cities, organized by Interfaith Worker Justice and backed by labor groups, are staging a... MORE »

• 04 Nov 10

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  Labor, Progressives Fight White House, Pundits Over Next Steps for Dems

  Yesterday, the battle for the future of the Democratic Party really began. The opening volleys focused around the... MORE »

• 28 Oct 10

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  Recession’s Side Effects: Fewer Dead Workers—But GOP Poised to Gut OSHA

  Amid all the misery spawned by the recession, there is one silver lining that has emerged, according to... MORE »

• 21 Oct 10

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  Beset by GOP, Obama and Labor Mount Quixotic Drive for Infrastructure Bills

  Even though Democratic chances in some Senate races are improving, the grim likelihood for  Democrats of a... MORE »

• 14 Oct 10

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  GOP Candidates Hand Dems Winning Issue: The Minimum Wage

  While Democrats are still scrambling for a winning message in hard economic times, far-right Republican candidates in a... MORE »

• 07 Oct 10

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  Six Months After Massey Coal Disaster, Miners Still Dying, Oversight Failing

  Even after 29 people were killed in the explosion at the nonunion Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in... MORE »

• 30 Sep 10

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  Labor-Backed ‘One Nation’ Rally Competing With Jon Stewart, Pro-Corporate Senate

  This Saturday's "One Nation Working Together" rally on October 2 in Washington has drawn the support of the largest ... MORE »

• 23 Sep 10

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  SEIU Polling: Voters Favor Ending Tax Cuts For Wealthy

  Meanwhile, Dems start caving New SEIU-backed polling in key swing states shows that 62 percent of voters back the... MORE »

• 16 Sep 10

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  As Poverty Rate Jumps, Jobs With Justice, PDA Highlight Jobs Emergency in 100 Cities

  The Census Bureau reported today that over 43 million Americans are living in poverty —the most recorded in 50... MORE »

• 09 Sep 10

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  Will Voters Listen? Obama vs. GOP on $180 Billion Tax, Infrastructure Plan

  In two major speeches this week, President Obama sharpened the contrast with the GOP's obstructionism over the economy... MORE »

• 02 Sep 10

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  Labor, Congressional Progressives Attack Simpson, GOP on Social Security

  In the weeks remaining before the November election, labor and progressives believe they've finally found an issue to... MORE »

• 26 Aug 10

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  Beyond Messaging: Obama’s Path to Jump Starting The Economy Without Congress

  The rising jobless claims and skidding home sales make the Democrats' selling job this November even tougher. But,... MORE »

• 18 Aug 10

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  Labor Seeks to Mobilize Jobless, Progressive Base

  On Wednesday, the AFL-CIO's affiliated group, Working America, announced its goal of mobilizing the jobless over the issues ... MORE »

• 12 Aug 10

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  As Netroots Rage at Gibbs, Long-Term Jobless Left Behind

  Amid the anger among progressives over White House spokesman Robert Gibbs' attack on the"professional left,"... MORE »

• 05 Aug 10

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  Can Obama’s ‘Made in America’ Strategy Save Jobs—and Democrats?

  On Wednesday, President Obama used the platform of the AFL-CIO Executive Council to emphasize reviving American manufacturing and... MORE »

• 29 Jul 10

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  Will Democrats Lose Message War Over GOP Tax Cuts for Rich?

  During the recent battles in Congress over extending unemployment benefits or promoting job-creation bills, the Republican Party has... MORE »

• 22 Jul 10

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  Beyond the Spin: The People Left Behind by Extended Unemployment Benefits

  While Democrats have sound reasons to be glad they broke a six-week delay by the GOP in voting... MORE »

• 15 Jul 10

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  Who Can Halt the Democratic Party’s Death Spiral Over Jobs?

  With the Senate still dithering over extending unemployment to those eligible for it while over 25 million workers are... MORE »

• 08 Jul 10

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  Labor Losing To D.C. Elites Over Job Creation, Unemployment?

  In a fight over paying for Social Security, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and his allies took on The... MORE »

• 01 Jul 10

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  Senate Stiffs Jobless Again—3 Million Could Lose Benefits in July

  Deficit-mania has struck Washington again, with most Democrats and the Obama administration essentially accepting the propaganda of deficit... MORE »

• 24 Jun 10

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  Wall Street vs. Main Street: Final Showdown Threatens Reform

  The battle over financial reform reaches its final stages this week, with Wall Street's lobbyists working, with considerable... MORE »

• 16 Jun 10

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  Senate Fights For Billionaire Fund Managers’ Tax Breaks, Blocks Jobless Aid

  Key Democrats on Wednesday abandoned the latest pretense that they cared more about helping the jobless than they... MORE »

• 10 Jun 10

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  Forget ‘Recession’: It’s a Depression for Urban Minorities

  Unemployment over 20% for Hispanics, African Americans in some cities, and 'jobless recovery' doesn't offer much hope While economists... MORE »

• 04 Jun 10

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  Over 1,000 Red Cross Workers Launch 3-Day Strike Over Safety, Staffing

  After raising alarms for years about compromised blood safety and understaffing, over 1,000 Red Cross workers walked off their... MORE »

• 27 May 10

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  Labor Pushes for House Passage Today of Jobs Bill, New Wall Street Taxes

  Bill would also extend unemployment benefits Labor groups, including the AFL-CIO, are joining with House Democrats to back... MORE »

• 20 May 10

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  Red Cross Cutbacks Put Blood Safety At Risk, Some Workers May Strike

  A national coalition of labor unions, consumers and health advocates called on the FDA Wednesday to crack down... MORE »

• 13 May 10

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  Jobs Creation, R.I.P.: Congress, Obama Ignore 11 Million Jobless

  Despite some positive news earlier this week with 290,000 new jobs added, unemployment still remains near 10% -- and will... MORE »

• 06 May 10

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  Stengthened Senate Liberals Fighting Lobbyists, GOP on Financial Reform

  As the Senate moved forward on financial reform legislation Wednesday, including passing an amendment that allows the government... MORE »

• 29 Apr 10

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  March on Wall Street Boosted by Goldman Hearing, GOP’s Cave on Filibuster

  After Democrats tried for three days in a row break a filibuster from the GOP over financial reform,... MORE »

• 22 Apr 10

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  Still at Risk: Derivatives Bill, Obama Speech No Guarantee of Real Financial Reform

  After a year of non-stop GOP smears and lies about any reform bill—from the now-moribund Employee... MORE »

• 15 Apr 10

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  GOP Blocks Financial Reform As Millions Lose Homes

    The GOP launched its assault on financial reform this week with bogus populist rhetoric about trying... MORE »

• 09 Apr 10

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  The New ‘Lost Generation’: Young Workers

  A devastating new report, "The Kids Aren't All Right," released by the Economic Policy Institute on Wednesday underscores... MORE »

• 01 Apr 10

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  White House Boosts ‘Flexible’ Workplace, As 15 Million Still Seek ANY Workplace

  The White House on Wednesday took time out to promote the value of a flexible workplace that can... MORE »

• 29 Mar 10

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  As Congress Leaves Jobless in Lurch, Will Grassroots Push for Strong Jobs Bills?

  By Art Levine Even as Senators skipped town before a two-week break without extending unemployment insurance ... MORE »

• 18 Mar 10

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  $18 Billion Jobs Bill Passes—Just 10.8 Million Jobs Short

  Congress sent to the White House Wednesday a nearly $18 billion jobs bill that most experts don't believe will... MORE »

• 15 Mar 10

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  What Will Activists Do? Progressive Agenda, Health Reform On the Line

  With the president and most Democratic leaders expressing confidence in healthcare passage as soon as this week, it's... MORE »

• 11 Mar 10

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  Obama’s Futile Bipartisanship Quest: Bad for Jobs, Real Health Reform?

  Now that President Obama is finally embracing reconciliation and seeking at long last to fire up his... MORE »

• 08 Mar 10

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  L.A. Sparks Revolt Against Banks and Wall Street Shakedowns, Abuses

  What do the titans of Wall Street do for an encore after they created the country's worst recession... MORE »

• 04 Mar 10

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  After Breaking Logjam, Will New Senate Jobs Bills Fall Short?

  After breaking Senator Jim Bunning's one-man roadblock to extending jobless benefits for 30 days, the Senate will... MORE »