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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?
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ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights
The corporate board chair of ALEC, the software company SAP America, has quit the group.
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Air Pollution Linked to Children’s Attention Problems
“Our research suggests that environmental factors may be contributing to attention problems in a significant way”
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In Guatemala, Indigenous Communities Prevail Against Monsanto
The Guatemala legislature repealed Decree 19-2014, commonly referred to as the “Monsanto Law.”
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Broken Bonds, Un-Broken Cages: Some Thoughts on “Locked Down, Locked Out“
Maya Schenwar writes heartwrenchingly and unsparingly about the ravages wrought on human beings by prison.
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Inequality in the World
In many countries, including most of the high-income countries and the most populous lower-income countries, the distribution of income has become more unequal.