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NFL Players Association Puts Out Statement Against Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Agenda NFL Players Association Puts Out Statement Against Indiana’s ‘Right-to-Work’ Agenda

The Super Bowl is coming to Indianapolis in a month, and the NFLPA is not being silent about the Right to Work agenda in the statehouse,

Jan 6, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Iowa and the High Cost of Low Living Iowa and the High Cost of Low Living

 Eric on winter concerts and Reed on why the Iowa caucuses are bad for journalism.

Jan 6, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Remembering Judge Robert Carter Remembering Judge Robert Carter

Carter helped to change America, and helped to change me, along with the many black and white lawyers who worked with him and whom he taught that fighting for equal rights entail...

Jan 6, 2012 / Lewis M. Steel

Huntsman: The Better Foreign Policy Alternative to Paul Huntsman: The Better Foreign Policy Alternative to Paul

Many on the left have fallen for Ron Paul’s non-interventionism. But there’s a Republican with a more responsible approach: Jon Huntsman. 

Jan 6, 2012 / Ben Adler

Melissa Harris-Perry: President Obama’s Bold Recess Appointment Melissa Harris-Perry: President Obama’s Bold Recess Appointment

President Obama gets bold in the election year.

Jan 6, 2012 / Press Room

No Ideals or Ideas From Romney, Just a ‘Well-Designed Corporate Strategy’ No Ideals or Ideas From Romney, Just a ‘Well-Designed Corporate Strategy’

The paper that knows Romney best, the Boston Globe, dismisses him as a blank slate who is “merely checking boxes on the GOP playlist.”

Jan 6, 2012 / John Nichols

Spencer Woodman: Can Walmart Be Unionized?

Spencer Woodman: Can Walmart Be Unionized? Spencer Woodman: Can Walmart Be Unionized?

Faced with the retail giant's continued suppression and intimidation, Walmart workers have found untraditional ways to unionize.

Jan 5, 2012 / The Nation

Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers: What Went Wrong? Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers: What Went Wrong?

The UFW had two souls—the strike, and the boycott. 

Jan 5, 2012 / Jon Wiener

Santorum’s Empty Rhetoric of Economic Populism Santorum’s Empty Rhetoric of Economic Populism

Liberals should not fall for Rick Santorum’s phony presentation as someone who cares about—or would do anything for—working-class Americans. 

Jan 5, 2012 / Ben Adler

Pity Tim Tebow. Seriously. Pity Tim Tebow. Seriously.

Tim Tebow might not be a qb much longer, a victim of his own supporters.

Jan 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin

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