The Wisconsin Idea

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Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech (Update)

The billionaire Koch brothers have found a new way to influence the 2012 election: preaching to employees.

Mike Elk

Labor

$950,000 Win for NYC Workers Invigorates Supply-Chain-Justice Movement

Michelle Chen

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Big Money Can’t Buy You Memes

Can a grainy, amateur video, zooming through social media, trump slickly produced TV ads?

Susan J. Douglas

Labor

Los Angeles Port Truckers Test Out Their Picket Signs

Josh Eidelson

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VP Debate: Only the Strong Survive

Paul Ryan is wrong that "projecting strength" will solve all of America's problems. But it does win debates.

Theo Anderson

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Mitt Romney’s Lies and a Startling Truth

Underneath Romney's prevarication, there's a surprising GOP shift on taxes.

David Sirota

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Paul Wellstone’s Legacy

10 years after the Minnesota senator's death, he still sets the bar for a politics of conviction.

Peter Dreier

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Fast-Forward to 2013

What life in Mitt Romney’s America would look like.

Marilyn Katz

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Paul Ryan’s Biggest Lie

Will Paul Ryan dare again to frame the GM shutdown as a black eye for Obama?

Roger Bybee