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The paranoid style of American politics is alive and well.
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Labor
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Roger Bybee
Labor
How to Revive Workers’ Rights in a New Economy
Amy Dean

Labor
Labor Day in Old Milwaukee: Obama and the Urgency of ‘Our Cause’
Kari Lydersen
Labor
What’s Missing From the Movement? Leaders!
Richard Greenwald
Viewpoint
Despite Celebration, the Iraq War Continues
David Sirota

Feature
Tribes in Kenya Wage Water War
In the first skirmishes due to global warming, nomads fight for survival.
Nash Colundalur

Labor
Labor Day 2010: Obama Returns to Milwaukee to Make Case to Working Families
Roger Bybee
Labor
This Labor Day, Workers Face Weak Economy on All Fronts
David Moberg
Labor
Chinese Tire Tariffs Saved Jobs—So Will Dems Take Action on Chinese Currency?
Mike Elk

Labor
Hondurans Call for National General Strike
Kari Lydersen
Labor
Hate Crimes Are Just One Threat Facing New York City Cabbies
Michelle Chen
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Eric Garcia

Feature
Barely a Teenager and Marked for Life
Federal law requiring juvenile sex offenders to register as predators for life does more harm than good
Caitlin Dickson
Labor
Labor, Congressional Progressives Attack Simpson, GOP on Social Security
Art Levine

Labor
Coalition Calls on OSHA to Regulate Medical Residents’ Work Hours
Lindsay Beyerstein
Viewpoint
China and the New World Order
Noam Chomsky
Weekly Diaspora: The High Cost of Cheap Labor
Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger
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