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April 16, 2012
Shamed Former Congressman John Sweeney's Back! And He Wants George Maragos' Money
If you're running for one of the highest political offices in the country, you'd probably be advised to avoid certain unsavory characters who could potentially derail your campaign. You might want to avoid hiring a former congressman who was arrested for DUI (twice) and "had a woman on his lap when ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
Mike Rinder on "The Hole," Indoctrination, Confessions, and His Ultimate Escape
For years, Mike Rinder was the Church of Scientology's chief spokesman and executive director of the Office of Special Affairs, its intelligence wing. In 2007, his defection was among the most surprising in an exodus of high-ranking officials from the church. Since then, he's given several interview ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Scientology in Crisis: Debbie Cook's Transformation from Enforcer to Whistleblower
Debbie Cook and her husband Wayne Baumgarten, Christmas 2010Most of the press reporting on Debbie Cook so far has focused on her past as a high-ranking executive in the Church of Scientology and her sudden transformation this week into a whistleblower trying to rally her fellow church members ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology: The Readers Poll!
You've watched us reveal all but the top five entries in our big countdown, The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology -- now it's your turn to vote for your own list! Here's the link you've been waiting for -- now go and tell us who you think is doing the most to contribute to the Church of Sc ... More >>
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April 6, 2009
Tedisco-Murphy Tied, In Court; Former Rep Gets 2nd DWI
The unofficial results of last week's NY-20 Congressional race after machine recanvassing is a tie -- Murphy 77225, Tedisco 77225. There's some caviling over this, but it doesn't matter -- the paper ballots, domestic and imported, are still to be examined, pending a court challenge -- surely not the ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
GOP Congressman Apologizes for Obscene Anti-Union Video
It's getting so you can't even make a bleeping joke in politics anymore. GOP House Whip Eric Cantor, angry about an ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that unfavorably mentions him as an opponent of the stimulus, forwarded to a reporter at the liberal Talking P ... More >>
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January 23, 2009
Kirsten Gillibrand nabs Senate seat
Upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is packing her NRA-approved guns and heading to D.C. to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, according to various media outlets. Other Democrats may not like it, but they can blame Caroline Kennedy, the princess who turned her own coach into a pumpkin. ... More >>
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January 23, 2009
Barrett: Did Paterson Consider the Bruno Connection to Gillibrand's Dad?
A remarkably untimely cloud hangs over Governor David Paterson's apparent selection of Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton as junior senator of New York.Federal prosecutors, according to numerous news accounts, are poised to indict former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Wayne Barrett: Is Gillibrand Too Republican to Replace Clinton?
Now that Caroline Kennedy has dropped out, the new frontrunner for Hillary Clinton's senate seat is upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic hero for capturing a Republican-majority district in 2006. Camera crews are now posted outside her home in Hudson, New York, and she is reportedl ... More >>
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May 14, 2008
Jason Beghe to Scientology Mouthpiece Tommy Davis: 'You're Losing Your Soul'
Now that Caroline Kennedy has dropped out, the new frontrunner for Hillary Clinton's senate seat is upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic hero for capturing a Republican-majority district in 2006. Camera crews are now posted outside her home in Hudson, New York, and she is reportedl ... More >>
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November 6, 2006
An Election Surprise ... in New York?!
Now that Caroline Kennedy has dropped out, the new frontrunner for Hillary Clinton's senate seat is upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic hero for capturing a Republican-majority district in 2006. Camera crews are now posted outside her home in Hudson, New York, and she is reportedl ... More >>
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June 16, 2006
Oh, What a Wonderful War!
Now that Caroline Kennedy has dropped out, the new frontrunner for Hillary Clinton's senate seat is upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic hero for capturing a Republican-majority district in 2006. Camera crews are now posted outside her home in Hudson, New York, and she is reportedl ... More >>
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June 13, 2006
Rudy's Bank Balance
Now that Caroline Kennedy has dropped out, the new frontrunner for Hillary Clinton's senate seat is upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic hero for capturing a Republican-majority district in 2006. Camera crews are now posted outside her home in Hudson, New York, and she is reportedl ... More >>
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December 2, 2005
Labor Bigs Hit NYU
Now that Caroline Kennedy has dropped out, the new frontrunner for Hillary Clinton's senate seat is upstate congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic hero for capturing a Republican-majority district in 2006. Camera crews are now posted outside her home in Hudson, New York, and she is reportedl ... More >>
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November 8, 2005
The Nerds Are Pissed
New York University opts for war with its best and brightest
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September 10, 2005
Mike's Labor Love Fest
New York University opts for war with its best and brightest
News
July 26, 2005
Union Gap
At AFL-CIO, a splitting issue for the nation's biggest labor organizations
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September 7, 2004
Burning for Bush
Misled over air quality, shortchanged in federal funding, union wants four more years
News
August 31, 2004
Labor's Beef with Bush
In the brave new world of outsourcing, you get to train your own replacement worker
News
March 18, 2003
Illness as Metaphor
Labor Groups Consider Calling in Sick to Protest War With Iraq
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February 18, 2003
Labor's 'No' to War
A New Generation of Leaders Makes a Different Choice
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October 29, 2002
The Usual Suspects—and Beyond
100,000 Flood Washington for What May Be the Biggest American Antiwar March Since Viet Nam
News
April 30, 2002
Labor in Mourning
Seven Months Later, Unions Raise the 9-11 Flag
News
February 5, 2002
Global Witness
Labor Presents Its Case to WEF
News
January 22, 2002
Anti-WEF Protest in New York City
A Field Guide
News
December 25, 2001
Why Doves Must Fly
Now That We've Lost the Anti-War, We Need the Peace Movement More Than Ever
News
December 25, 2001
Waiting for Labor to Rise
Can Unions Seize the Post-9-11 Moment?
News
November 20, 2001
The Reflective Rudy
His Honor Relishes Resurrection, Plots Future Stardom
News
July 10, 2001
Rescuing Martin Luther King Jr.
A Craving for Equal Justice
Books
January 30, 2001
Working it Out
A Craving for Equal Justice
News
January 23, 2001
New York’s Bush Boys
Pataki, Sweeney, Powers, Fossella to Prosper in Dubya Reign
News
January 16, 2001
Nation
Pataki, Sweeney, Powers, Fossella to Prosper in Dubya Reign
News
December 19, 2000
The Five Worst Republican Outrages
Remembering How a President Who Promised to Unify a Nation Fixed an Election
News
November 28, 2000
Working Papers
Domino’s Strikers Again Choose the Cold Over Surrender, While Labor Celebrates Some Victories and a Painter-Hero
Specials
November 28, 2000
Letters
Domino’s Strikers Again Choose the Cold Over Surrender, While Labor Celebrates Some Victories and a Painter-Hero
News
November 14, 2000
Dark Victory
To Grow the Greens, Nader Must Move the party to the right
Specials
November 14, 2000
Letters
To Grow the Greens, Nader Must Move the party to the right
Specials
October 24, 2000
Letters
To Grow the Greens, Nader Must Move the party to the right
News
October 10, 2000
Graduate Studies
AFL-CIO Chief Sweeney Rallies NYU's Organizers
News
August 15, 2000
Surfing Up Democracy
Blue Dog Dems—and Their Corporate Sponsors—Hear It From the Beach
News
August 8, 2000
Nation
Blue Dog Dems—and Their Corporate Sponsors—Hear It From the Beach
News
August 1, 2000
Chasing the Rat
A Wealthy Union’s Tactics Infuriate Its Rivals
News
July 25, 2000
Hell-Raising in Philly
An Activist’s Guide to Protests Outside the Republican Convention
News
July 18, 2000
Don't Mourn—Reorganize!
Unlikely Alliances With Activists and Immigrants Help Unions Stage a Comeback
News
June 20, 2000
Black Slaves Not News in New York
‘Running, I Can Smell the Horses’
News
May 30, 2000
Nation
‘Running, I Can Smell the Horses’
Books
May 2, 2000
Look for the Union Labor
‘Running, I Can Smell the Horses’
News
April 25, 2000
Sweet and Sour
Up and Down on the Domino Sugar Picket Line
News
April 11, 2000
Faculty Showdown
Insurgents Seek Leadership of CUNY Union
News
December 29, 1998
Bigger Creeps
Clinton Seduced and Abandoned by the Right
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