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The 50 Most Influential Progressives of the 20th Century

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: John L. Lewis, Louis Brandeis, Eleanor Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, John Dewey, The Nation, W.E.B. Dubois, Frances Perkins, Roger Baldwin, Margaret Sanger, 50 Most Influential Progressives, Lincoln Steffens, Eugene Debs, Jane Addams, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Norman Thomas, Florence Kelley, Earl Warren, I.F. Stone, Ella Baker, Walter Reuther, Woody Guthrie, Jackie Robinson, Harry Hay, Thurgood Marshall, A.J. Musge, Rachel Carson, Sidney Hillman, Henry Wallace, A. Philip Randolph, Saul Alinsky, Paul Robeson, Politics News
Peter Dreier

We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day. Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history.

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Lies, Damned Lies and Employers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Lise Olsen, Kevin Stricklin, Don Blankenship, Massey Energy, John L. Lewis, Bp, Mine and Minerals, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Massey issued a statement asserting that a review of conditions in the Upper Big Branch mine uncovered no problems. All that could only mean one thing, right? Massey did nothing wrong and bears no responsibility.

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Joe Six-Pack Demands Answers From Anti-Union McCain & Co.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: John L. Lewis, John McCain, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Employee Free Choice Act, Todd Palin, Democrat, Health Care Tax, United Steelworkers, Tax Credit, Health Care, Economic Policy Institute, Sarah Palin, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Republican, Joe Si, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Like many Republicans, McCain has made it clear that he feels about unions the way an Alaskan aerial hunter does about wolves -- best when dead.

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Kelly Candaele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: United Farm Workers, SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Cio, Service Employees International, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Senator McCain, Afl Cio, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, Afl, Durazo, Home News
Kelly Candaele

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Senator McCain, Cio, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Afl Cio, Service Employees International, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, United Farm Workers, Afl, Durazo, Home News
Peter Dreier

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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