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Unions, Term Limits And Local Control

Oklahoma Observer - August 27, 2016 0

BY MIKE W. RAY The decline in union membership in Oklahoma, and state pre-emption of local control in several critical areas, were among the issues...

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Grass Roots Activism

Joe Dorman - August 26, 2016 0

BY JOE DORMAN “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer...

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Why Can’t Our Economy Promote Equality And Shared Prosperity?

Jim Hightower - August 25, 2016 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Instead of griping about the greedheads of Wall Street and the rip-off financial system they’ve hung around our necks – why don’t we “Take On Wall Street”? You don’t have to be in “Who’s Who” to know what’s what. For example, if tiny groups of Wall Street bankers, billionaires and their political […]

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The French Have A Right To Ban The Burkini

Froma Harrop - August 24, 2016 0

BY FROMA HARROP A few years ago, I took a French friend to a crowded beach in Rhode Island. No sooner had we hit the soft sands than she ripped off the top of her two-piece, baring her breasts to the sun and to curious boys playing nearby. “You can’t do that,” I said. “This […]

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An Invitation To Republicans

David Walters - August 24, 2016 0

Democratic Invitation No. 1: Someone has to begin to outreach to our Republican friends and neighbors. So here goes ... OK, sometimes our party looks...