VIDEO: Why unions matter, in a measly 1 minute 19 seconds
Via Colin Gordon from June 2012: Author's analysis of Historical Statistics of the United States, unionstats.com, Piketty and Saez (2003), and The World Top Incomes Database...
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Meredith Kleykamp and Jake Rosenfeld are professors of sociology at the University of Maryland and the University of Washington, respectively. Both are members of the Scholars Strategy Network, and...
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View ArticleGuess who makes more income in states with lots of #union members?
From the Department of No Sh** Sherlock: Think Progress: The middle class brings home a substantially larger share of aggregate earnings in states that have high rates of union membership than in...
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View ArticleFinally: Dep't. of Justice suing North Carolina over voting restrictions
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View ArticleLots of Upchuckables …and all this before the #GOPshutdown became official!
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View ArticleWhat's Your EDR Telling The Government About You?
My EDR. What's that? And how does the government even know I have one? Well, for starters, an EDR is an event data recorder. It's a device that goes into your car. For it's intended purpose, it...
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View ArticleNew Mexico Police Can't Butt Out. Sodomize Stop Sign Violator Rather Than...
So you think you had it bad today. Here's a guy, David Eckert, who's day turned literally into a major pain in the ass. What do you call it when against your permission you're stripped naked in front...
View ArticleThe Weekly Upchuck: Upchucks Upon Upchucks
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Remember growning up there was a little nursery rhyme that spoke about what little boys and little girls are made of: "What Are Little Boys Made Of? What are little boys made of? What are little boys...
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