The Wealthy One Percent That’s Behind Minnesota’s Racist Voter ID Push
By Brentin Mock / ColorLines
A new report details how Minnesota's wealthiest are pooling funds to shape state-level politics where basic civil rights issues like the right to vote are at stake.
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"It's No Longer a Secure Place to Work": Working People Speak Out on Attacks on Public Employees
By Melissa Chadburn
AlterNet
Caterpillar Closes Canadian Plant to Take Advantage of Cheaper Workers--in the U.S.
By Herman Rosenfeld
Labor Notes
450 Bases and it's Not Over Yet: The Pentagon’s Plans for Prisons, Drones, and Black Ops in Afghanistan
By Nick Turse
TomDispatch.com
Thousands Protest in the Streets in Athens as Greece Rams Through Austerity Package
By Ian Traynor, Helena Smith
The Guardian


5 Right-Wing Governors Gutting Schools to Fund Prisons, Tax Breaks for the Rich...And a Bible Theme Park
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
David Koch's Non-Profit Flouts Law And Spends $700,000 Against Wisconsin Recall
By Brendan Fischer / PR Watch
Proposed Legal Settlement With Mortgage Lenders May Repeat Tobacco Settlement Mistakes
By Stanton Glantz / Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Romney's Anti-Immigrant Stance Could Destroy the Nation's Economy
By George Bauer / AlterNet
How Rick Santorum Stokes Race and Class Anxieties to Win Unlikely Primary Victories
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

How Zealous Clergy and Their Media Enablers Are Manufacturing a Controversy Over Birth Control Coverage
By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
One of Congress's Most Damaging (and Racist) Budget Cuts That Flew Under the Radar
By Peter Montague, Maria B. Pellerano / AlterNet
Dennis Kucinich v. Marcy Kaptur: How GOP Redistricting Will Force Out a Top Progressive Congressmember
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
Why the Right Wing Is Petrified of Letting Voters, Instead of the Electoral College, Pick Presidents
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
Busting Through the Media Firestorm: 6 Essential Facts About the Komen Controversy
By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

The New Culture War: How Right-Wing Politicos Scare Their Constituents to Death
By Ira Chernus / AlterNet
6 Things You Should Know About Arizona's Worse-Than-Wisconsin's Attack on Public Workers
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
US Empire Is Changing its Stripes: Drones, Special Operations Forces and the US Navy Are Changing the Way We Do War
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch.com
Why the "Liberal" Media Leaves Hawkish Foreign Policy Unchallenged
By Gregory Harms / TruthOut.org
How Privatizing Government Shovels Cash to Parasitic Corporations and Undermines Democracy
By Mike Konczal / Salon

Obama Brags on Saving Detroit--But Auto Industry Bailout Came on the Backs of Working People
By Laura Flanders / The Nation
Occupy DC Forcefully Evicted, Protesters Injured, Arrested, Under Pressure from Congress's Richest Member
By Jefferson Morley / Salon
Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections
By Lee Fang / Republic Report
Crashing the Gates: How a Handful of Progressive Activists Brought Liberal Talk-Radio Back to the Nation's Capitol
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
Not News: National Broadcasters Want To Hide Their Political Ad Profits
By Jay Costa / Maplight.org
The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won't Die
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

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