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December 30, 2002
  • Bush Aid to NY: Help the Rich - As this indepth NY Times article details, when Bush said he was delivering $20 billion in aid to New York,... MORE...

    December 28, 2002
  • Bravo: Court Gives Punitive Damage to Charity - The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the payment of punitive damages to a cancer charity, instead of the plaintiff in... MORE...
  • Bush's Education Strategy a Failure - The keystone of Bush's "compassionate conservativism" was his education policy, a promise to combine more funding with higher achievement through... MORE...

    December 27, 2002
  • A Resource on the Rightwing - Here is a must-have resource from Political Research Associates, the outfit run by longtime activist Chip Berlet which for years... MORE...
  • Will Conservatives Cite Pope Now? - The Pope has declared that any "Preventive War" against Iraq would not be moral or a "just war" under church... MORE...
  • Bush Polls Sinking - LiberalOasis has blogged a new Time/CNN poll that shows Bush's approval rating down to to 55%, a nine-point drop from... MORE...

    December 26, 2002
  • Bush Promoting "Privatization" Corruption - George Will has it right in this oped: it may seem eccentric to call attention to a skirmish between two... MORE...
  • Why Black People Die Early - In a few recent posts (here and here), I've noted problems with the conservative argument that blacks lose out under... MORE...
  • Pharma Bribes & Corruption of Medicine - In October, Bush's Health and Human Services department actually proposed cracking down on bribes regularly offered by pharaceutical companies to... MORE...

    December 24, 2002
  • A Christmas Story of a Good Cop - Okay, here's a story that puts me in the Christmas spirit as I wait for Santa's reindeer overhead: A police... MORE...

    December 23, 2002
  • M$oft Loses in Court over Java - In a private antitrust decision, Microsoft was ordered to carry Java as part of its operating system, a major technology... MORE...
  • More on Race, Social Security & Health - Following up on my post over conservative propaganda that minority groups lose out under Social Security: The National Council for... MORE...
  • Maybe McCain is Lurching Left - I've been skeptical (see here) of the whole McCain-turning-Democrat scenario and that's still unlikely, but this interview with the NY... MORE...
  • Labor Monday (12-23) - The AFL-CIO is attacking the post-Christmas cutoff of unemployment benefits to 800,000 unemployed. See this page for details. Bush's... MORE...

    December 22, 2002
  • US Blocks Cheap Drugs Deal - Dick Cheney just helped assure the mass death of disease sufferers throughout the developing world. Despite threats that failure to... MORE...
  • Follow Frist's Money & Voting - Newsweek has an interview with Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity who notes the suspiciousness of the timing... MORE...

    December 20, 2002
  • Does Social Security Screw Blacks? - One propaganda line of the social security privatizers is that, since african americans don't live as long as whites, they... MORE...
  • Wal-Mart: Corporate Criminal II - Yesterday, a jury confirmed what labor activists have argued for years- Wal-Mart is a corporate criminal making it's profits by... MORE...
  • Frist's Rightwing Voting Record - With the announcement that Bill Frist's challenge to Lott is gaining momentum, it's worth looking at Frist's record. And it's... MORE...

    December 19, 2002
  • DeLong on Coded Appeals to Bigotry - Brad DeLong has an on target take down of a piece by conservative Abigail Thernstrom who attacked the NAACP over... MORE...
  • Save Social Security- Integrate w/ Mexico - The rightwingers at FreeRepublic.com are having a shit fit over this story of talks to extend Social Security to Mexicans... MORE...
  • Stimulate the Economy- Bail out States - This coming year could witness a ludicrous budgetary dance. In the name of stimulating the economy, the federal government will... MORE...
  • Bright Side of State Budget Crises - Every cloud has a silver lining. Well, the cloud of massive state budget deficits has states lining up to end... MORE...

    December 18, 2002
  • Bush Parties w/ Lott & Thurmond - As Hesiod asks, how come this picture hasn't been in the news much?... MORE...
  • "Discipline" versus Racism - In comments, Michelle Dulak raises the hard question of inter-ethnic competition among students: And the diciest aspect of the whole... MORE...
  • Lott to Frist? - Racism to Medical Fraud - A question to ask is how the GOP ended up with a stupid racist like Trent Lott as Majority Leader?... MORE...

    December 17, 2002
  • New York Passes Gay Rights Law - The New York Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would outlaw discrimination against gays in New York state. The Assembly... MORE...
  • Breslin on Transit Workers Hero - This story by Jimmy Breslin is a good reflection on the man at the heart of the transit union showdown,... MORE...
  • Asian Americans and Affirmative Action - Michelle Dulak made important points in the comments (#2) of my affirmative action post, emphasizing the complication of discrimination against... MORE...

    December 16, 2002
  • Is Opposition to Affirmative Action Racist - Tapped feels I stepped over the line when I argued that: [In] a society that even questions whether to leave... MORE...
  • Why Transit Raises are Cheap for City - The New York City transit workers, despite the real harm threatened to the city by a strike, are getting a... MORE...
  • Labor Monday (12-16) - Labor Antiwar Statement Roundup: When the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest public employees union... MORE...

    December 15, 2002
  • Starving MTA of Public Funds - For all the ire of NYC subway riders being aimed at the transit union for possibly driving greater fare hikes... MORE...

    December 13, 2002
  • Blogs Come of Age - Last Sunday I wrote: Okay folks, we have a test now of whether these odd weblog linking discussions matter in... MORE...
  • Jane Galt v. the Transit Union - Check Jane Galt's comments (#6 in the list) where she responds to my post on the possible strike by the... MORE...

    December 12, 2002
  • Racist Praise for Lott's Opposition to Voting Rights - Josh Marshall has the whole interview Trent Lott did with the racist Southern Partisan magazine back in 1984. See the... MORE...
  • Union Bashing & NY Transit Strike - Jane Galt is joining in what will no doubt be an outpouring at the horrors of unionism if the transit... MORE...
  • My Scariest Referral Link - I've been very excited about all the links to this site due to postings on Trent Lott, but getting on... MORE...
  • Trent Lott Reflects Lots of Employers - Racism is alive and well not just in the Majority Leader's office, but in employers' hiring offices up North. This... MORE...
  • When Free Trade is Imperialism - In talk about the Gulf War, words like imperialism get thrown around a bit much for my taste, since it's... MORE...
  • Punitive Damages and National Regulation - In a blockbuster case, the Supreme Court is deciding whether to rewrite the civil court systems of all fifty states--... MORE...

    December 11, 2002
  • If we cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq - [Anonymous- circulating the Net: Sung to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands"] If... MORE...

    December 10, 2002
  • Wow- Gore Even Better in New CNN Clip - Yesterday's CNN interview with Gore edited out part of the interview that was far harsher to Trent Lott than the... MORE...
  • Thurmond v. Wellstone Memorial - Tamara Baker at the American Politics Journal has this incisive comparison: A little over a month ago, at Paul Wellstone's... MORE...
  • Google and Blogs - I don't know if Google just readjusted their algorithms, but I've suddenly had a spike in links from Google searches.... MORE...

    December 09, 2002
  • Gore: Lott Made "Racist Statement" - On CNN's Inside Politics, Gore said "He should withdraw those statements or the US Senate should undertake a censure." Note... MORE...
  • Snow's CSX Tax Freeloader - Citizens for Tax Justice has a press release noting that CSX: In three of the past four years, Snow’s company,... MORE...
  • Corporate Welfare Queen for Treas Secretary - Given that the Bushies are about to come forth with another corporate-welfare laden tax cut, why not appoint a complete... MORE...
  • Labor Monday - Unemployment has soared to 6%. The number of workers on U.S. payrolls outside the farm sector tumbled by 40,000... MORE...

    December 08, 2002
  • Does the Blogoshere Matter? - Okay folks, we have a test now of whether these odd weblog linking discussions matter in the way talk radio... MORE...
  • Gore: Single-Payer Cheaper - Gore says he will be rolling out a full proposal for single-payer health care in coming weeks. But he's already... MORE...
  • Jackson & Anti-Bush Push Saves Landrieu - Piling up bad news for the White House is the win for Landrieu in Louisiana. A mixed message for Dem... MORE...
  • Trent Lott- Racist - Racists then, racists now. Take Majority Leader Trent Lott, please. Speaking Thursday at a 100th birthday party and retirement celebration... MORE...

    December 06, 2002
  • United Airlines & Bush Anti-Worker Assault - Why is United Airlines careening towards bankrupcty? In the wake of 911, all manner of industry has been bailed out,... MORE...
  • More proof of Rightwing Racism - A few days ago I noted the historic racism of the conservative movement, symbolized by National Review's historic opposition to... MORE...

    December 05, 2002
  • New Populist Column - You can check my new Populist column Rightwing Attack on Unions' "Enron": Watch GOP Talking Points in Action, a somewhat... MORE...
  • This Reinvented Gore is the Real One - Gore has a problem reinventing himself. He's done it too many times, too stiffly, too opportunistically. So how do you... MORE...

    December 04, 2002
  • Creepy Logos- Truth in Political Art - Well, the Bush administration are verbal liars, but their logos are honest. Check out these symbols of the new Domestic... MORE...
  • Sam H Response on Judicial Review - Sam Heldman jumps in on his site to argue that judicial activism does not have the problems for progressives that... MORE...

    December 03, 2002
  • Bush Makes Liars of Other People - Okay, this is one for the progressive blogosphere to pound mercilessly, which Tapped and Atrios have both started. Having forced... MORE...
  • Why Supremes Should Keep Antigay Ruling - Back in 1986, in a case called Bowers v. Hardwick, the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional a law that made... MORE...
  • Bush the Liar - Just a flashback to an article in 2000 when Bush was courting the Muslim community. As this story details, Bush... MORE...

    December 02, 2002
  • READ THIS! - For anyone who cares about the labor movement -- and that should mean anyone who cares about the broader progressive... MORE...
  • Why Dem 2004 Candidates Look Good - It's always fashionable at this point in the election cycle of an incumbent Republican to bemoan the quality of the... MORE...
  • Censorship of Government Web Sites - This White House verges on the edge of insanity in its censorship and partisanship impulses. Check out this story from... MORE...
  • A Reminder on the Racist Right - Even as the rightwing Republicans become the voice of the Dixiecrat-turned-GOP South, rightwing intellectuals try to distance their racist heritage... MORE...
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    February 21, 2007
  • Amnesia on the Death of Reconstruction - I am going to pick on Brad Delong precisely because he is a brilliant and well-educated academic-- and his list... MORE...

    February 18, 2007
  • So What if Mitt Wants A Person of Faith as President? - There's a bit of a furor that Mitt Romney declared:We need to have a person of fiath lead the country.So... MORE...

    February 16, 2007
  • States Taking Action Against Iraq Escalation - So the New York Times is covering the story that resolutions denouncing Bush's Iraq Escalation have been introduced in over... MORE...

    January 01, 2007
  • Wal-Mart Doing Good for Environment - Seriously. This initiative by Wal-Mart to promote energy-saving light bulbs is a major environmental initiative. "Compact fluorescent" bulbs fit in... MORE...

    December 22, 2006
  • Dems' Stupid Positioning on Minimum Wage - As a followup to discussing why politicians need to appeal to a broad consensus, it's worth emphasizing that it's easier... MORE...

    December 21, 2006
  • Obama and the Need for Large Progressive Majorities - I've been as disappointed as many other progressive bloggers with Obama's bad votes on tort reform and seeming trimming of... MORE...

    December 13, 2006
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    November 27, 2006
  • Ecuador Goes Left - Another country moves left-- whatever you want to say, Bush has been very good for reviving the global left, especially... MORE...
  • Building a Progressive Majority in the Statehouses - The Progressive States Network today rolled out its legislative agenda for the 2007 session and is looking to promote it... MORE...

    November 13, 2006
  • The Future Belongs to US - While the actual results seem razer-thin in this election, I'll be bold and argue that they are part of a... MORE...

    November 11, 2006
  • Pro-Labor "Conservative Democrats" - One more nail in the narrative that the victory of a few moderate Democrats means this election is really a... MORE...

    November 10, 2006
  • The Collapse of Tax Cut Politics - You can check out Progressive States rundown of progressive successes in the states on Tuesday, but I want to focus... MORE...

    November 08, 2006
  • A Good Night for Progressives - Let's be clear-- this wasn't just a good night for Democrats. It was a good night for progressives, and no... MORE...

    November 01, 2006
  • Labor Cold War Ends - New International Labor Federation - At the dawn of the Cold War, the international union movement divided up between the ICFTU, dominated by US and Western European unions, and the World Confederation of Labor, largely allied with the Soviet Union. It's taken a decade and a half, but the irrelevancy of that division will end today as the two federations merge-- bringing together 241 labor organizations from 156 countries representing 190 million workers. The new International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a good step for a labor movement looking to globalize itself in the taking on global capital power.... MORE...

    October 19, 2006
  • Immigrant Poor Send More Foreign Aid than US Govt - The United States government spends less money on foreign aid as a percentage of its budget than almost any other... MORE...

    October 17, 2006
  • - Valuing Families:  State Legislative Models Brought to you by Progressive States and MomsRising What would a policy that really values families look... MORE...

    October 09, 2006
  • Emaciated Models, Labor Regulation - There's a bit of debate in the blogosphere around Spain's new law banning underweight models from the runways in that country. See Jordan, Amanda at Pandagon and Lindsay Beyerstein at Majikthise on whether this is an intrusive regulating violating free expression or something like that and whether OSHA safety regulations are appropriate. Just to throw my two cents in-- any broader OSHA approach would seem cumbersome and bureaucratically intrusive in a deep way. But the original Spanish proposal is brilliant in its high-impact, low-intrusion approach. Regulate only the fashion week type runways, where in a single spotcheck, models can be... MORE...

    October 03, 2006
  • Big loss for Labor-- - The National Labor Relations Board ruled today that a range of professionals are now deemed "supervisors" and thus lose all protections under labor law. That means if they say a positive thing about unions, their bosses are free to fire them at will. The AFL-CIO has more here. To put this denial of labor rights in perspective, 32 million workers or 25% of the workforce already have no right to form a union under federal, state or local law (see this GAO report and this ARAW summary). This includes: Supervisors 16.6 million workers, 8 million new supervisors plus traditional 8.6... MORE...

    September 27, 2006
  • Civil War on the Right- Dick Armey trashes Dobson - The economic business- right and the religious right are moving towards total civil war. This piece by former GOP Majority... MORE...

    September 24, 2006
  • Allen the Racist - Three college teammates confirm that George Allen regularly used the N- word: Allen said he came to Virginia because he... MORE...

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