Sen. Tom Harkin won't seek re-election in 2014 DesMoines Register ...Harkin shoulders an important assignment in the Senate: He’s chairman of the HELP committee, which stands for Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, a huge jurisdiction...
Not Everyone is Living Longer Mother Jones ...the life expectancy of white working class men (who dropped out of high school) fell by three years from 1990 to 2008, and that of white working class women by five years...
A handy guide to Davos-speak Reuters ...Ray Dalio, who runs Bridgewater, the world’s biggest hedge fund ... said... the big conversation in politics and economics, he said, will be about how to get more out of workers – growth won’t come from the next Internet, the next real estate boom or any new asset, in other words. This means, he said, hard choices about questions like “How long is a vacation?” or “What is a good life?”...
ALEC Has Opposed "Popular Vote" Efforts Which Would Protect Against Partisan Rigging of Electoral College Center for Media and Democracy ...The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has actively lobbied against state plans to implement a national popular vote for president, urging state legislators to preserve the Electoral College -- which GOP legislators are now trying to rig to ensure the the next president is a Republican...
Morsi sends army to Suez after deadly clashes Aljazeera ...The protesters have demanded the establishment of an official minimum wage and a suspension of the new constitution, which opponents of the president say was rushed through...
New Walmart store to open in Chinatown despite protests PressTV ...A new Walmart store planned for a historical Los Angeles neighborhood is moving forward, despite protests from labor groups...But labor groups say they remain committed to preventing that opening from ever occurring...
Snyder admits making Michigan a Right to Work state was never about creating jobs Eclectablog ...“Over 90 percent of the jobs that you’re looking at aren’t going to be in a situation where right to work is even relevant,” Snyder said...
Pa. Right-to-Work Fight Battle Lines Drawn Upper Macungie Patch ...Gov. Tom Corbett already has said that he Pennsylvania “lacks the political will” to pass right-to-work laws, though he would sign them if they came across his desk. But that sentiment seems to fuel right-to-work supporters...
