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You won?t want to miss next week's town hall call on Thursday, June 19, starting at 7:30 pm ET. Joining us will be Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who will talk about the fight to get money out of politics.

CWA President Larry Cohen this week called for a new democracy movement in America to reclaim for workers and the general public power that has been taken from them in poorly negotiated trade deals.

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Sen. Tom Udall's constitutional amendment to restore the authority of Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on raising and spending of money in political campaigns. Congress is expected to vote this year on this legislation that will begin to restore the first amendment rights of ordinary Americans.

Wow. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more absurd, an average American worker now must work 257 years to make what a typical S&P 500 CEO makes in a single year.

A new poll by CBS News finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans ? 3 out of every 4 ? believe that wealthy Americans have more opportunity to influence the election process.