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25 Reasons Why Voter Identification Laws Are Unconstitutional (Courtesy of Wisconsin)

Did you ever wish you lived in a world where there were neutral arbiters of the facts? People who would take in the various arguments in favor of and against...
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9 Important (and Scary) Facts About Youth Employment

The March 14 issue of CQ Researcher contains an extensive report on youth unemployment and related issues. While the in-depth article contains numerous compelling stories and much important research, here...
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How Union Members Saved Harley-Davidson

What do you do when your world-famous brand is so smashed by the recession that your stock price falls from $75 to $8? What do you do when your manufacturing...
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Oops, So Much for the Right-Wing Arguments Against Paid Sick Leave

In 2011, Connecticut became the first state to require employers to provide paid sick days for workers, including part-time employees. At the time, extreme pro-business interests in the state ran...
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9 Things You Didn't Know About Our Trade Deficit with China

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). America's workers have felt the consequences ever since.A new report from the Economic Policy Institute examines the primary result in the...
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COSTCO: Doing the Right Thing

If you pay much attention to COSTCO, the Washington-based competitor to Walmart's membership-based warehouse store, Sam's Club, you know the chain is one of the better companies in the country...