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Weekly Pulse: Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution

OCTOBER 28, 2009 12:27PM

Topics: working in these times, washington monthly, washington month, salon, public option, osha, olympia sno, joe lieberman, in these times, health care, harry reid, filibuster, afscme, afl-cio

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Weekly Audit: What Will The GOP Cut?

JANUARY 18, 2011 11:19AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, welfare rights, welfare, the nation, tax growth, state, sanitation workers, roger bybee, richard kim, mother jones, memphis, martin luther king, inequality, house, glenn beck, gdp, frances fox piven, democracy now!, congress, cloward piven, budget, andy kroll, amy goodman, alternet

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Weekly Audit: We Welcome Our New Plutocratic Overlords

JANUARY 11, 2011 11:13AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, wages, unemployment, tim fernholtz, the nation, retirement, republican, recovery, recession, public sector, public, private, pension, paul ryan, mother jones, laura flanders, kari lydersen, jobs, inequality, grittv, gop, eric alterman, elite, devin nunes, darrell issa, congress, class warfare, class, chrystia freeland, build america bonds, bond, atlantic monthly, andy kroll, american prospect

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Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment

NOVEMBER 23, 2010 11:18AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, unemployment, ui, the progressive, the nation, senate, review, quantitative easing, paycheck fairness act, movie, matthew rothschild, laura flanders, in these times, house, grittv, film, fed, extension, economy, denise distephan, dean baker, david moberg, charles ferguson

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Surprise! Bailed Out Banks Backing Anti-Bailout Candidates

OCTOBER 26, 2010 1:06PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: alternet, mother jones, washington monthly, working in these times, yes! magazine

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Weekly Audit: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

DECEMBER 8, 2009 12:01PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, the nation, the american prospect, terence samuel, stimulus package, stimulus, salon, robert kuttner, new america media, katrina vanden heuvel, jobs bill, jobs, in these times, economy, economic stimulus package, deficit, david moberg, andrew leonard, aaron glantz

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Weekly Audit: The Shocking Truth About Taxes

APRIL 19, 2011 3:29PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: yes! magazine, yasha levine, working in these times, the nation, texas observer, texas, teachers, tax, tapped, student loan, resource generation, progressive, pete redington, mother jones, layoffs, kristy leissle, julie margetta morgan, jamelle bouie, farm, debt, dave gilson, campus progress, abby rapoport

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Weekly Audit: Republicans' Budget Declares War on Medicare

APRIL 5, 2011 12:54PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, wisconsin, washington monthly, twitter, the nation, tapped, supreme court, steve benen, state, roger bybee, poor, paul ryan, mother jones, medicare, medicaid, josh harkinson, james dobson, jamelle bouie, insurance, frances fox piven, family research council, election, elderly, disabled, deficit, debt, cuts, collective bargaining, cloward piven, budget, block grant, 2012

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Weekly Diaspora: Triangle Shirtwaise Fire, 100 Years Later

MARCH 31, 2011 11:38AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, triangle shirtwaist fire, triangle fire, the american prospect, in these times, immigration, immigrant workers, hmong, florida independent, feet in two worlds, feet in 2 worlds, farmers, colorado independent, center for american progress, arizona

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Weekly Pulse: FL Governor Wants to Drug Test State Employees

MARCH 30, 2011 11:21AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: abortion, abstinence, aids, alternet, andy birkey, cenk uygur, colorlines, drug testing, ellen laconte, florida, fruit, gardening, hiv, labor, lashieka purvis hunter, martha kempner, matthew rothschild, mike elk, minnesota independent, mother jones, planned parenthood, public sector workers, rick scott, south dakota, suzy khimm, the progressive, vegetable, welfare, working in these times, young turks

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Weekly Audit: Massive Protest In WI Shows Walker’s Overreach

MARCH 15, 2011 12:04PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, wisconsin democratic party, wisconsin, washington monthly, union, tractorcade, the nation, tapped, supreme court, steve benen, simeon talley, senator, senate, scott walker, roger bybee, rights, republican, recall, protest, poll, madison, m&i, koch, john nichols, joanne kloppenburg, jamelle bouie, inequality, firefighter, farmer, enthusiasm gap, election, e.j. dionne, collective bargaining, campus progress, budget, broke, bank, alternet

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Weekly Pulse: 911 Is a Joke (Because It’s Broke)

MARCH 9, 2011 11:20PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, wisconsin, walker, vegetarian, usda, truth in advertising, telephone, tax, parke wilde, omnivore's dilemma, noelle williams, new york city, ms magazine, michael pollan, medicaid, marion nestle, in defense of food, grist, food politics, food, ems, destitute, crisis pregnancy center, cpc, communications, choice, bury, budget, blog, abortion, 9/11

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Showdown in Madison: A Primer for the Wisconsin Protests

FEBRUARY 18, 2011 5:36PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, wisconsin, unions, the uptake, the progressive, the nation, scott walker, protests, mother jones, madison, grittv, free speech radio news, colorlines.com, campus progress

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Weekly Audit: A Progressive Deficit Fix?

NOVEMBER 30, 2010 11:36AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, washington monthly, unemployment, tax cut, steve benen, social security, simpson-bowles, senate, our fiscal security, medicare, medicaid, mark kirk, demos, deficit commission, colorado independent, century foundation, center for economic policy and research, cat food, alternet

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Rules for Thanksgiving, Whole Foods’ Healthcare Lies

NOVEMBER 26, 2010 2:22PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: affordable care act, birth control pill, contraception, ee2, estrogen, flight attendant, food, grist, health insurance, john mackey, michael pollan, mother jones, obesity, pilot, pollution, rh reality check, rules, scanner, thanksgiving, tsa, union, weight, whole foods, working in these times, x-ray

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Weekly Audit: Banks Get Big Bucks, Consumers Get Bupkis

NOVEMBER 9, 2010 12:09PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: world trade organization, working in these times, us, trade war, trade, the nation, national labor relations board, mother jones, globalization, federal reserve, fair trade, employee free choice act, democracy now!, deficit, currency, consumer financial protection bureau, china, campus progress, bank

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Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Ins

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 12:54PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: wright county egg, working in these times, tom philpott, tainted eggs, sierra club, salmonella, quality egg llc, public health activists, osha, occupational safety and health administration, michelle chen, lynda waddington, lindsay beyerstein, kaiser foundation family, jack decoster, iowa independent, iowa, hillandale farms, health insurance premiums, grist, eggs, doctors, decoster eggs, colorlines, austin "jack" decoster

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Control

JULY 14, 2010 7:35PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, usccb, u.s. conference of catholic bishops, the american prospect, tapped, rh reality check, reproductive health, religious right, pro-choice, pregnancy, obama administration, national abstinence education association, mother jones, kathleen sebelius, heritage foundation, health care reform, health care, general services administration, fema, department of health and human services, contraception, conscience clause, colorlines, birth control, anti-choice, abortion

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Weekly Pulse: Dr. George Tiller’s Assassin Was No Lone Wolf

JUNE 2, 2010 1:07PM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: health, working in these times, women, tiller, sti, sexually transmitted infections, safety, roeder, rh reality check, propaganda, oilspill, oil, ms magazine, mother jones, military, contraception, choice, catholic church, care2, bp, alternet, abortion

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Weekly Mulch: Oil rig sinks, as does Senate climate bill

APRIL 30, 2010 11:25AM

By The Media Consortium

Topics: working in these times, wind farm, the washington independent, texas observer, texas, senate, regulation, oil spill, oil, off-shore drilling, mother jones, mms, massachusetts, louisiana, lieberman, kevin drum, kerry, interior department, in these times, grist, greenhouse gas, graham, exxon valdez, epa, environment, dod, disaster, coast guard, climate bill, clean energy, carol browner, care2, cape wind, cape cod, bp, biomass