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Living as Slaves: How the Poorest Nepali Workers Get Exploited in the Richest Arab Nation
Nepali youth flock to Qatar in search of a better life but they are subjected to a life of slavery miles away from home.
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The War on Drugs Destroys Lives: Here Are Six Things You Can Do About It
The movement to end the violence through the decriminalization of drugs has never had so much momentum. And it's never been easier to get involved.
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The Master’s House Is Burning: bell hooks, Cornel West and the Tyranny of Neoliberalism
Cornel West critiques Barack Obama, bell hooks calls Beyonce a terrorist, and contemporary black intellectuals take to the interwebs to express disgust.
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Toxic Technology
Apple and other big manufacturers must swap less-deadly chemicals for the cancerous ones poisoning their Chinese workers.
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The End of Choice
We should pass a law - a new version of the Sherman Act - that says that whenever a company reaches a point where they have more than a …
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The Other Side of Paradise
Paradise and the other side of paradise rarely meet.
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Wonderfully Deceptive Superfood Marketing
Pom Wonderful made such outlandish claims that the Federal Trade Commission stepped in and told them to cut it out.
Lessons From James Boggs: Capitalist Automation in the 21st Century
The racist antagonisms in the UAW led James Boggs to revolutionary conclusions about the US capitalist system.
Why Don’t We Know How Many People Are Shot Each Year in the US?
Has nonfatal gun violence increased or decreased over the past 10 years? No one really knows.
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Portland Is First US City to Divest Funds From Walmart
The initiative also prohibits the city from purchasing Walmart bonds in the future.