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Weekly Pulse: Stem Cell Hell, Bad Eggs, and DIY Abortions
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
Working-Class Rage Erupts Over Proposed Islamic Center Near ‘Ground Zero’
Michelle Chen

Feature
It’s the Poverty, Stupid
The education reform debate is misdirected.
Roger Bybee

Labor
Violence Explodes at U.S.-Owned Mexican Plant, After Firm Ignored Workers’ Pleas
Roger Bybee
Comics
palin-hackercartoon
August Pollak

Labor
Challenger Union Claims Kaiser Hospital Management Illegally Aids SEIU
David Moberg
Weekly Audit: Save Affordable Housing, Help Revive America’s Middle Class
Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger
Labor
EFCA’s Dead, but Fear of It Still Driving Anti-Worker Measures
Mike Elk
Viewpoint
A Modest Proposal for Teacher Tenure Reform
Lifetime employment should be earned.
Richard Greenwald

Labor
Putting SEIU’s Bipartisan Political Spending In Context
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
‘Dancing with Dynamite’: The Future of Latin America’s Leftist Movements
Kari Lydersen

Labor
This Labor Day, Let’s Salute All Union Stewards
Steve Early

Feature
Can Our Schools Run on Duncan?
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushes Chicago's ineffective reforms on America's children.
David Moberg
Viewpoint
Insanity Is Deja Vu All Over Again
David Sirota
Video
2010 World Humanitarian Day Project
Jeremy Gantz
Comics
rightwingerjargon
August Pollak

Labor
GOP Serves Up Same Old Dish, as Voters Lose Appetite for Dems
Roger Bybee
Video
Whither Glenn Beck?
Jeremy Gantz
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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