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Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Move Ahead in Fight for Justice

David Moberg, In These Times. February 5, 2012.

Warehouse workers in two distribution centers fight back against mass layoffs, threats, wage theft, and awful working conditions--and win support from a judge.

How Obama's Support For Job-Killing Trade Deals Could Cost Him The Presidency

Daniel Denvir, Comment Is Free. August 17, 2011.

Touting free trade deals as job creators in the very part of the country that has lost jobs to outsourcing is terrible politics and terrible policy.

Infamous Police Commander Who Oversaw Torture of Over 100 Prisoners Awaits His Sentence

Salim Muwakkil, In These Times. December 30, 2010.

The depressing Jon Burge saga in Chicago reinforces the notion that racial bias is part of the institutional gene pool of the nation's police departments.

Why Marijuana Is Central to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Charles Shaw, openDemocracy.net. June 14, 2010.

Inspired by the founders' Federalist Papers, a group of reformers have penned a series of essays exploring the role of cannabinoids in Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Politicians Are Portraying 'Gitmo North' as a Terrific Local Jobs Program -- Don't Count On It

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.

Politicians' claim that moving detainees to Illinois will create 3,000 jobs is a distraction from an ugly reality; Gitmo is not being closed, it is being moved onto U.S. soil.

Why the National Review Is Wrong to Whine About Moving Prisoners to Thomson Correctional Center

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. December 15, 2009.

The NR editors are calling for the continuation of grotesque U.S. exceptionalism -- and tripping over their own logic in the process.

Obama Team One Step Closer to Closing Gitmo

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 15, 2009.

An administration official said today that dozens of terrorism suspects from Guantanamo will be moved to Thomson Correctional Facility.

Obama Considers Illinois Prison for Guantanamo Detainees

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. November 16, 2009.

Top Dems, including Governor Patrick Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin, have announced their support for the plan, calling it an economic boon for the area.

Don't Let Wells Fargo Be a Roadblock to Economic Recovery

ZP Heller, Open Left. July 14, 2009.

Why won’t Wells Fargo use its bailout billions to keep the Quad City Die Casting company afloat?

The Clock is Ticking: Will Bill Richardson Abolish the Death Penalty In New Mexico?

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has until midnight tonight to sign legislation to shut down the state's death machinery.

Rod Blagojevich No Longer Is Illinois' Governor

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.

Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn immediately becomes governor.

Blago's Crazy Media Blitz

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 26, 2009.

The man certainly has a way with analogies.

Blagojevich Compares his Arrest to Attack on Pearl Harbor

Paul the Spud, Shakesville. January 23, 2009.

At what point does chutzpah outweigh ego?

Surprise, Surprise: Burris to Be Sworn in This Week

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. January 12, 2009.

Who could have predicted this? Well, to be honest, pretty much anybody.

Blago: It Just Keeps Getting Stranger

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 9, 2009.

Have you noticed that Blagojevich appears to be stark raving mad?

Illinois House votes 114-1 to Impeach Blagojevich

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. January 9, 2009.

The impeachment trial will be held by the state Senate.

Deal or No Deal? Obama and Reid Butt Heads Over Burris

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. January 7, 2009.

Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris.

Blagojevich Impeachment Gets Fast-Tracked

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 3, 2009.

For reasons that have never been clear to me, state lawmakers in Illinois haven't been in too big a rush to impeach Blago. That's about to change.

Political Circus: Is There a Method to Blago's Madness?

Digby, Hullabaloo. December 31, 2008.

You have to give Blagojevich credit --- he knows how to make politics interesting.

Updated: Blagojevich Appoints Roland Burris as Obama's Senate Successor

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress. December 30, 2008.

"No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."

Obama's Blagojevich Report Clears Staff: 'No Contact'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 23, 2008.

There's a very good reason the president-elect seemed completely unconcerned about any connection to the Blagojevich controversy ...

Obama Report Exonerates Rahm ... Had Only One 'Pro-Forma' Courtesy Call With Blago

Nico Pitney, Huffington Post. December 22, 2008.

Emanuel is on tape telling Blago's chief of staff that Obama would not offer any favors to induce the governor to choose Obama's favored candidate.

Blagojevich Finally Speaks: 'I Will Fight, I Will Fight, I Will Fight Until I Take My Last Breath'

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress. December 19, 2008.

"I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing, that I intend to stay on the job ... "

Obama Unfairly Attacked for Crimes He Didn't Commit (Again)

Bob Cesca, Huffington Post. December 11, 2008.

We've seen this show before: the Right try to connect Obama with a controversial figure in Chicago and the Media go nuts.

Blagojevich Puts the "Pimp" Back into Politicking

Devona Walker, The Young Turks. December 11, 2008.

A scandal so absurd it needs its own name: "politipimping."