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The Keystone Pipeline, the Socialist Left, the GOP and the Sequester
Obama's Dinner Guests
Los Angeles Times
New robots in the workplace: Job creators or job terminators?
The Washington Post
Today’s robots can do far more than their primitive, single-task ancestors. And there is a broad debate among economists, labor experts and companies over whether the trend will add good-paying jobs to the economy by helping firms run more efficiently or simply leave human workers out in the cold.
Gun Owner vs. McConnell
'One shot, one deer. Senator, I'd be a pretty bad hunter if I needed an assault rifle.'
Wealth Inequality in America
Our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is worse than we think.
We Are Wisconsin
WE ARE WISCONSIN from Amie Williams on Vimeo.
Six ordinary Wisconsinites join thousands in a citizen-driven uprising that challenges Gov Walker and changes the soul of a nation.
Supreme Court v Voting Rights Act
The Colbert Report
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Thanks to Alabama, the law that banned the silencing of African Americans is finally coming before the Supreme Court.
The Republican Party Is Devouring Itself - Good
Black Commentator
What’s not to be happy about the travails of an organization that for decades has had a “southern strategy” of taking advantage of racial intolerance? Of seeking political advantage by demagogically targeting women and men who have crossed the southern border seeking work? Of stirring homophobia in an effort to divide and conquer?
Why There’s a Bull Market for Stocks And Bear Market for Workers
Robert Reich
The stock market is basically back to where it was in 2000, while corporate earnings have doubled since then. Yet the real median wage is now 8 percent below what it was in 2000, and unemployment remains sky-high. Why?
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