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Lee A. Saunders wrote a new diary post: Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent
Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, the Pravda of the 1 percent, is at it again, continuing its push to gut the retirement security of millions of middle class workers across the country while enriching the Wall Street moneymen who just three years ago took our economy over the cliff. Virtually everyone agrees that our nation [...]
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Lee A. Saunders wrote a new diary post: Revive the Dream
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to gather this weekend in Washington, DC, for the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial . Few can doubt that this is an extraordinary and historic moment. Only four other Americans – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt – have been given this honor: a national [...] -
Lee A. Saunders wrote a new diary post: Undermining the Right to Vote
There is no right more precious in our nation than the right of citizens to cast a ballot on Election Day. That is why generations of Americans have sacrificed and even died in efforts to expand the right to vote. Yet across the country, powerful corporate interests and the right-wing politicians who do their bidding [...] -
Lee A. Saunders wrote a new diary post: Prison Privatization as Political Payback
Across the country, politicians have been selling off public assets to private businesses in exchange for hefty campaign contributions and sweetheart deals. The politicians claim they are saving tax dollars, but when the real costs are examined, it’s only the corporations – who back them financially at election time – who are making a financial [...]
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Lee A. Saunders wrote a new diary post: Radical Politicians Threaten Black Families’ Economic Security
When I was growing up in Cleveland, some of the most respected people in my neighborhood were the folks who worked for the city, county or state. My father was a city bus driver who took great pride in getting people safely to and from their jobs every day. My mother was a community college [...]
