- Surviving the post-employment economy—"The author argues that in the new economy, it's people, not skills or majors, that have lost value."
- Labour pains—"All around the world, labour is losing out to capital."
- Buncombe—"When you consider that those U.S. companies that still produce commodities now devote themselves mainly to developing brands and images, you realize that American capitalism conjures value into being chiefly by convincing everyone it's there."
- California Walmart workers call for more hours, better pay—More than 50 arrested.
- Walmart Is Trying to Block Workers' Disability Benefits—"If the Supreme Court rules in the retail giant's favor, it will be easier for companies to deny workers benefits."
- 11 Sneaky Ways Companies Get Rid Of Older Workers
- From White Collars to Pink Slips—"Americans have been told that a college education will help them avoid the fate of workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas. A new report pours water on that idea."
- How Big Corporations Are Stealing Your Tax Dollars (and Hurting Themselves) by Underpaying Their Employees
- 10 Corporations Control Nearly Everything You Buy, 6 Media Corporations Control Nearly Everything You Read or Watch
- South Africa Plans To Terminate And Renegotiate Treaties That Include Corporate Sovereignty
- "We Are Living in the World Occupy Made": New York City Voters Elect Mayor Who Vows to Tax the Rich
- Jim Hightower at the Robin Hood Tax Campaign Action Conference
- Taxpayers close to breaking even on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bailout
- McKinsey Says 20% of Biggest Banks May Shrink or Merge
- Bank of America seeks U.S. mortgage bond lawsuits dismissal
- Goldman Sachs Under Investigation in Currency Probe
- UC Davis pepper-spray officer awarded $38,000—He's getting a bigger settlement than the students he pepper-sprayed.
- The Legislative Attack on American Wages and Labor Standards, 2011–2012
- The tea party's assault on workers—"It is the tea party's impact at the state level that will probably be with us the longest." Some of them may have been bought off and are playing stupid and others are too stupid to know they've been bamboozled.
- How States Taken Over by the GOP in 2010 Have Been Quietly Screwing Over the American Worker
- N.J. voters approve constitutional amendment raising minimum wage
- Washington city votes to raise minimum wage to $15
- $10 Minimum Wage Proposal Has Growing Support From White House NYT
- Dems To Use Minimum Wage Vote As Weapon Against GOP
- Krugman: The Mutilated Economy—"The long-term costs of short-run failure are piling up and up and up and up." NYT
- Teachers Were Never The Problem—"Poverty still lies at the root of the U.S. 'education crisis.'"
- Calif. Gov. Brown: A Great Power Has To Find Some Unity—Having a Democratic super-majority helps.
- Everyone In America Is Even More Broke Than You Think
- The grim economics of food stamps—"Trimming benefits for millions of poor Americans is not just callous, it's bad for the recovery."
- US Republicans make the poor pay to balance the budget—"The impetus to cut food stamps is ideological not fiscal, and low-wages mean work provides no guarantee against hunger."
- Reich: Why Washington Is Cutting Safety Nets When Most Americans Are Still in the Great Recession
- Scrooge Republicans prefer Pentagon White Elephants to Food Stamps for Poor Children
- The GOP's Poverty Denialism—"According to many conservatives, the poor have it easy."
- Jobless SpongeBob nets fans on right Politico
- Arizona ban on panhandling found unconstitutional in Flagstaff case
- Poll Finds Anger At Congress Hasn't Died Away Since Shutdown Ended
- GOP isn't learning from its mistakes
- McConnell Re-election Is Front Line of GOP-Tea Party Civil War
- GOP moderates vow to speak louder Politico
- House Leader Accidentally Admits GOP Has No Interest In Governing—Republican Pete Sessions: "Everything we do in this body should be about messaging to win back the Senate."
- Washington Times ends Sen. Rand Paul column amid plagiarism allegations—His pathetic deflection tactics and "pouty reaction" against 'hacks and haters' failed miserably and now he wants to be left alone.
- Ted Cruz Will Vote Against Tax Haven Reform
- Branding Bill De Blasio: The Message Machine That Made NYC's Next Mayor
- GOP 2016 Hopefuls Swipe Chris Christie After Blowout Victory
- The Cuccinelli Collapse—"Run against Obamacare—that's the only lesson Republicans will draw from their bitter losses in Virginia."
- Virginia Attorney General: 'Anyone’s race'—Goes to show that every single vote counts. Politio
- A Liberal Sweep of America's Little Votes—"Local elections were taking place all over America on Tuesday night. From anti-coal measures to minimum wage hikes it was a great night for liberals."
- Keeping Black Voters in Their Place—"To consolidate power, Alabama Republicans are packing more African-Americans into particular districts." NYT
- Voter Suppression Backfires in North Carolina, Spreads in Texas
- Voter ID law discourages students from voting—"Voter ID laws are a solution in search of a problem that is almost nonexistent. "
- White guy wins after leading voters to believe he's black
- PVP: Show of Hands
- Hawaii House lawmakers pass same-sex marriage bill—Ho'omaika'i 'ana Hawai'i!
- Meet the 32 Senate Republicans Who Voted to Continue LGBT Discrimination in the Workplace—"The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate on Thursday despite opposition from 32 Republicans."
- GOP using the "phoniest" anti-gay arguments: Tom Harkin unloads to Salon—"A religion that says it's alright to discriminate... I have a real question about the underlying basis of it." Salon
- No more bullying: School crowns same-sex couple homecoming queens
- Hate-crime charges for boy in Oakland bus attack—"Prosecutors filed hate-crime charges against a 16-year-old boy Thursday, saying he set aflame the skirt of a teenage gender-identity activist while the victim was asleep on a bus in Oakland, then admitted to police that he had started the fire because he was 'homophobic.'" His mother is on full denial mode.
- Obama Apologizes For Health Care Problems: 'I Am Sorry'
- With elections looming, Obamacare rattling Democratic nerves
- Denial-of-service tool targeting Healthcare.gov site discovered—"Hacktivist software designed to put a strain on struggling Obamacare website."
- Are Insurers Finding a Way Around Obamacare Preexisting-Conditions Protections?—"HIV advocates worry some insurers are steering patients away from their plans by offering limited treatment options and insufficient information."
- With FSU's help, Atwater goes after reporters' notes on Obamacare insurance report
- The 5 Million People The GOP Cut Out Of Obamacare
- White House pushes Florida, Louisiana on Medicaid—"The Obama administration again called out states that have refused to expand Medicaid on Thursday, calling it a 'reckless' play to undercut Obamacare at the expense of their constituents' health." Politico
- The Obamacare 'scandal' you haven't heard about—"Most of the people who fall into the coverage gap live in the Bible Belt.... The Bible Belt is the most overtly Christian region in the country.... All but two Bible Belt states have refused to accept the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare."
- Dead Man Walking—"A 2009 study revealed a direct correlation between lack of insurance and increased mortality and suggested that nearly 45,000 American adults die each year because they have no medical coverage."
- Rules to Require Equal Coverage for Mental Ills—"The regulations, which the White House sees as part of a push to curb gun violence, will require insurers to cover care for mental health and addiction just like physical illnesses." NYT
- How telcos 'collude' with the NSA and GCHQ—"Google and Yahoo were quick to condemn the NSA for spying on their customers, but telecom firms remained conspicuously silent - and for good reason. Privacy International has filed a complaint against them with the OECD."
- The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation—"Imagine what Edward Snowden could have accomplished if he had a different agenda."
- NSA leaks: UK's enemies are 'rubbing their hands with glee', says MI6 chief—"Sir John Sawers makes claim in first ever joint public hearing by heads of UK's three intelligence agencies."
- Data Retention Means You Are On The Record, Like It Or Not
- How the Government Spied on Me—"My complaint to the FBI about a stalker was regarded as an invitation to invade my privacy." WSJ
