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Slow Rites, Fast Wrongs
A funeral in Prato Italy for Chinese immigrant workers over 200 days after their deaths in factory fire illustrates how the quest for high profits and low-cost goods drives …
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Why the Shift From Production to Speculation?
The switch to finance is a switch in terms of where profits are being obtained and, along with the profits, very high salaries.
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Bike-Train-Bike: A New European Program to Promote Car-Free Commutes
In terms of getting more people to use alternative transportation, the connection between bikes and public transportation is essential.
Children’s Lives in the Balance: Is One Worth More Than Another?
Despite the tragedy of the crimes and the desperate desire to find the perpetrators, would civilized society countenance the widespread ransacking of property, imprisonment of hundreds and the death …
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The Emperor of Ice Cream
The neoliberal remedy: Ice cream sandwiches and circuses on steroids, located, as ever, in a billion-dollar stadium smack in the middle of a teeming slum.
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Brazilian Workers Buck Union Officials to Strike
The World Cup is in full swing, and official propaganda from President Dilma Roussef's administration portrays Brazil as a wonderland.
Police Departments Ignore Rampant Sexual Assault by Officers
No organization keeps data about the number of victims of police-perpetrated sexual violence.
Workers Resist Scofflaw Employers in Wage Theft Capital of the US
In 2012, wage theft in the United States exceeded the total amount stolen in all bank, gas station and convenience store robberies. Workers in Los Angeles are fighting back.
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Domestic Care for Family Members Isn’t Valued if Its Givers Are Exploited
Mostly foreign-born women, domestic workers have been excluded from labor protections that workers in the rest of the economy take for granted. A growing movement calling for domestic workers …
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Why Harris and Hobby Lobby Spell Disaster for Working Women
Retail sales and home healthcare work are two of the three fastest-growing jobs in this country. That's an important consideration when looking at the Supreme Court's Harris and Hobby …