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Epic Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers Of Power
Wages Stagnate as Workers' Power Declines
Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg
You wouldn't watch your kid gobble up nine teaspoons of sugar a day would you?
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
Watch out public health advocates - as soda taxes are bubbling up in cities across the nation - the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy.
The Two Faces of Janus: The Billionaires Behind the Supreme Court Case Poised to Dismantle Public Sector Unions
The Roman god Janus was known for having two faces. It is a fitting name for the U.S. Supreme Court case scheduled for oral arguments February 26.
Arizona “Ground Zero” for Koch Attack on Public Education
Universal Vouchers for Families of All Incomes on the Arizona Ballot in November 2018.
Retribution and Revenge in the Wisconsin John Doe
The long running criminal investigation into whether or not Scott Walker and deep-pocketed dark money groups illegally coordinated the expenditure of some $30 million to win the 2012 recall elections should be old news by now.
Koch Latino Front Group Instructs Arizona Moms About School Vouchers
A full year in advance of a historic showdown on school vouchers in Arizona, the Kochs are already ladling on the cash. Through their Latino front group, Libre Institute, they have launched a six figure ad campaign targeting Arizona moms on one of the Kochs' favorite topics, school vouchers.
Fake News Machine Ready to Defend Trump White House Against Robert Mueller
Fake news has been weaponized as never before.
Cleaning Up the Courts, Citizen Hearings at Three Locations in Wisconsin
Judges petitioned the state's highest court for new recusal rules, they refused to even have a public hearing. Now citizens are having their own hearings.