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Sam Stein

Labor's Top Senator Left To Save Self From Conservative Ad Storm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Sherrod Brown, Senate Ad Campaign, Elections 2012, Ad Campaign Labor, Senate Ads, Brown Senate, Josh Mandel Ohio, Sherrod Brown Ad, Sherrod Brown Ohio, Video, Josh Mandel, 2012 Election, Ad Campaign Brown, Chamber of Commerce, Progressive Groups, Politics News

Facing an avalanche of negative advertisements, labor’s most outspoken and visible champion in the Senate has, so far, been left to fend for himself...

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Tyler Kingkade

Indeed.com, Largest Job Search Website, Bans Discriminatory Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: indeed.com, Unemployment, Usaction, Job Ads, Hiring Practices, Online Petition, President Obama, Worker Advocates, Jobless, Discrimination, Monster.com, Progressive Groups, Unemployment Discrimination, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With mounting pressure from worker advocates and an online petition, Indeed.com, the Internet's highest-trafficked job board website, ha...

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Sam Stein

Progressive Groups Unveil 'Contract For The American Dream'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Contract, Contract for America, Contract for the American Dream, Obama Contract, Progressives Economy, Newt Gingrich, Contract for the American Dream Van Jones, Progressive Groups, Van Jones Contract, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling, widely viewed as yet another setback for the progressive community, advocacy...

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Sam Stein

139 Groups Sign Letter Demanding Policy Riders Be Stripped From Govt. Funding Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of 139 groups have written a letter to the leadership in the Senate and the White House demanding that any continuing resolu...

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Maine Gov. Orders Labor History Mural Taken Down

Talking Points Memo | Benjy Sarlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Labor, Department of Labor, Laura Boyett, Frances Perkins, Governor Paul LePage, Progressive Groups, Pro-Labor, Maine, Anti-Labor, Rosie the Riveter, Business News

It's Diego Rivera Redux in Maine, as Governor Paul LePage is taking down a mural in the state Department of Labor building depicting the history of th...

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Sam Stein

White House Denies Pushing Trigger Option, Dem Groups Concur

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Olympia Snowe, White House Trigger, Obama White House, Obama Progressives, Snowe Trigger, Trigger Option, Obama Lux, Progressive Groups, Mike Lux, Trigger Public Option, Politics News

The White House, along with several progressive groups and high-ranking Democrats, is pushing back against reports that the administration is advancin...

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Lefty Groups Raise $60,000 -- In One Day -- For Ad Attacking Grassley

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Obstructionism, Chuck Grassley, Public Option, Fundraising, Progressive Groups, Politics News

Here's the latest sign that the public option, and the specter of GOP obstructionism, remain powerful motivators of the liberal base: Two progressive...

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Sam Stein

Progressives Launch Campaign Targeting Centrist Senate Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reconciliation Process, Jane Hamsher, Budget Vote, Firedoglake, Centrist Democrats, Progressives and Centrists, Progressive and Bayh, Obama Agenda, Progressive Groups, Evan Bayh, Robert Borosage, Politics News

A coalition of progressive groups and officials announced the launch of a media and grassroots campaign Tuesday to target conservative Democrats they ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Allies Gear Up For Budget Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of progressive organizations and high-profile unions will announce on Wednesday a multifaceted campaign to drum up support and help pass Presi...

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