Overturning Court Decisions - The problem with federal court power is that there is essentially no check on their power. Once they overturn a...
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August 25, 2005
Launching Agenda for Justice Website - Today, we are launching the public website of Agenda for Justice, a new organization supporting and publicizing local and state...
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Robertson's Fatwa on Hugo Chavez - Televangelist calls for Chavez' death- I know this is just crazy old Pat Robertson calling for the US to assassinate...
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I Want Unintelligent Design Taught - The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Wisconsin prison officials violated the 1st Amendment when they denied atheist...
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August 19, 2005
More on the Border Line - Colorado Luis add this to the discussion on the border: "Closing the border" could be to 2006 what invading Iraq...
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Using Aid as a Weapon - So the US doesn't want its soldiers or officials subject to jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court. So why not...
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Texas Belongs to Progressives - A common heard fear among progressives is that "fast growing states" are more conservative and Republican than so-called Blue...
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Solar & Irrationality of Market - A new trend are "zero-energy homes" which use solar and other energy saving technologies to cut energy bills to almost...
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More GOP Hypocrisy on States Rights - It's almost a joke at this point, but this provision tucked into the recent transportation bill just illustrates how little...
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Sell Sudafed, Go to Jail - There is a Simpsons episode here, but not a very funny one: When they charged 49 convenience store clerks and...
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CAFTA and Copyright - CAFTA is more about imposing US copyright on Central America than free trade: Once it takes effect, CAFTA will require...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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- Valuing Families: State Legislative Models Brought to you by Progressive States and MomsRising What would a policy that really values families look...
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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...
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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...
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