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It Is Time to Be Defiant for the Immigrant Rights Movement
The newly-elected Congress will be even more dysfunctional than the current one.
Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on US Government Forecasts for a Lasting Tight Oil and Shale Gas Boom
A worrisome reliance on the industry's point of view.
FACT Urges Congress to End Offshore Corporate Tax Dodging Via Extenders and Inversions
The Treasury Department announced new rules designed to stem the tide of inversions, and have been somewhat successful.
UN Scrutinizes Obama Administration’s Policies on Torture
IIn Geneva, a US delegation has appeared before the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
Landgrabs in Ethiopia Engineer Ethnic Conflict
The toll of Ethiopia's plantation development on the Suri people.
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Minimum Wage Workers Just Got a Raise, but Will Bosses Steal It?
Regardless of what the minimum wage law says, many workers inevitably end up earning less.
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Film the Police!
There is no footage of Brown's murder, and many wonder - would events be unfolding differently if there were?
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Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism
The responsibility for ending violence against women in the sports world lies with men of all races.
Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment Dilemma
To prevent global ecological collapse we must radically retrench and close down unsustainable industries.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Failures of Actually Existing Economic Systems
What so-called ‘freedoms’ were achieved with the fall of the Berlin Wall?