Mexican trucks due to begin going deep into U.S. USA Today ...Teamsters union and two California congressmen, in particular, are doing their best to stop cross-border trucking...
A Long, Steep Drop for Americans' Standard of Living Christian Science Monitor ...Americans has fallen longer and more steeply over the past three years than at any time since the US government began recording it five decades ago...
Federal Reserve Board Rife With Conflict of Interest, GAO Report ABC News ...The makeup of the Federal Reserve’s board of directors poses a conflict of interest and there is concern that several financial firms and corporations could have reaped monetary benefits from their executives’ close ties to the Fed...
ALEC Ties Bring Down British Defense Secretary, Threaten Prime Minister David Cameron Center for Media and Democracy ...British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has stepped down in the midst of an escalating scandal tied to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The ALEC connections have led opposition party leaders and the British press to question whether British Prime Minister David Cameron has been "allowing a secret rightwing agenda to flourish at the heart of the Conservative party..."
Corporate Front Group ALEC Pushing For Repeal Of Paid Sick Day Laws Nationwide ThinkProgress ...Recently, a string of cities and states have passed new ordinances that would require paid sick days for employees at certain employers.... (ALEC)... is drafting legislation on behalf of its wealthy conglomerate funders to repeal these ordinances...
Greece faces second day of general strike Associated Press ...Greece's lawmakers are to vote Thursday on intensely unpopular new measures needed to secure continued payment from an international bailout fund as the country remains paralyzed by a two-day general strike...
Scott grudgingly complies with Fla. court ruling Associated Press ...Scott grudgingly complies with Fla. court ruling...
