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Labor Day Reality for Humanity on the Gallows – or Shall We Imagine Differently?
The US holiday Labor Day is a joke. Again there will be no visible strikes and no muscle-flexing by the labor movement.
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A Lesson to Learn
We are faced by difficult choices we are challenged to confront over a range of foreign and domestic policy concerns. We must decide whether to stand firm on principle …
But Is It Good for the Jews?
If you are over fifty and were raised in a Jewish household, you either heard this question, “but is it good for the Jews?”
One Hundred Ways to Change the Subject: Plutocratic Fallacies in the Service of Fast-Food Exploitation
Fast-food worker demands are being met with “plutocratic fallacies” attempting to justify exploitive wages and division among workers.
What Black Women in West Philadelphia Had to Say About Women’s Equality Day
Rarely, if ever, are Black women interviewed in the neighborhoods where they live and asked about a policy's impact on their lives.
The United States’ War Hawks Back in Flight
With the US government-and-media war hawks back in full flight - preparing to swoop down on Syria as well as Iraq - wiser heads might reflect on the chaos …
Arts Therapy Improves Recovery and Cuts Medical Expenditures
For people going through a tough time, sometimes a little touch of humanity is all that's needed.
If Unions Are Breaking Automakers, Why Are BMW and Mercedes So Rich?
In Germany, auto workers get paid well and their companies still profit. Author Thom Hartmann on why living wages and corporate success don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Bank of America Settlement and the Need for Legal Aid Lawyers
One of the best ways to prevent unnecessary foreclosures is to provide struggling families with a legal aid lawyer.
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Labor Day Victories to Celebrate
It would be easy to go on about how bad things are for labor rights, but it is worth highlighting a couple of good news items against the current …