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Charles Koch Personally Founded a Group Protecting Oil Industry Handouts

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 29th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL

Charles Koch Personally Founded a Group Protecting Oil Industry Handouts
From: Lee Fang

Documents reveal Charles Koch founded the group that’s protecting oil industry handouts.

From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice
From: StudentNation

Michael Brown, John Crawford, Reefa Hernandez—and a national youth movement.

Minnesota Home Care Workers Unionize
From: Michelle Chen

Home healthcare workers in Minnesota just established a union, opening the door for negotiating higher wages.

Top Ten Labor Day Songs
From: Peter Rothberg

In honor of Labor Day, here’s a stab at the impossible task of naming the best songs ever written about working people.

Yes, I ‘Question the NFL’s Commitment’ to Being a Force Against Domestic Violence
From: Dave Zirin

The NFL’s stance against domestic violence is just a PR stunt.

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Why the “No Strategy” Gaffe Stings

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 29th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL

Why the “No Strategy” Gaffe Stings
Aaron Blake, Washington Post
By now, President Obama’s remark that “we don’t have a strategy yet” has made the rounds. Republicans were quick to pounce on it, as well they should have.But while the White House went into damage-control mode, emphasizing that it was a reference to the lack of decisions about increasing military action in Iraq and/or Syria and not a lack of a broader strategy there, the damage was already done.

A Dark Obsession With Vigilante Justice
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Time
Our belief that the government wants to help us achieve fairness is lower than ever—leading to fantasies of lawless revenge

The Republican Obamacare Battle Plan for 2015
Lanhee Chen, Bloomberg
If Republicans capture control of both houses of Congress in November, they will have a golden opportunity to lay the groundwork for a market-based health-care overhaul — a goal that can only be achieved after the next presidential election.