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Despite Local “No” Votes, Teamsters International Declares UPS Contract Ratified
The largest private sector union contract in the US had been in limbo since last summer, as UPS workers around the country voted down their local supplements. Now the …
Let Them Eat 1.6 Percent
Media gasps over New York City workers' retroactive pay is one episode in the longer game of the rich contributing less in personal and corporate taxes.
A Chief Justice in Alabama Won’t Tolerate Non-Christian Lifestyles
A video shows Roy Moore, Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justice, declaring the Christian faith the one true religion, while simultaneously belittling other faiths - and secular law.
Ukraine Government Says It Has “Lost Control” in Eastern Ukraine as Pro-Autonomy Upsurge Deepens
Greater regional autonomy may be the only way to keep what's left of “Ukraine” together.
Church and State in America: A Brief Primer
The Supreme Court has ruled that Greece, New York, can open its town meetings with a prayer, even though nearly all the prayers have contained distinctively Christian language.
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Chris Hedges | Capitalism, Not Government Is the Problem
Our corporate masters have set in place laws that, when we rise up, will permit the state to herd us like sheep into military detention camps. Section 1021(b)(2) of …
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The New York Times Turns Paul Krugman Into His Opposite
By hosting columnists like Paul Krugman, the New York Times has helped to inform millions of readers on how the economy works. However its writers and editors are subject …
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The World Has Nothing to Fear From the US Losing Power
As China looks set to overtake the US as the world's largest economy, a multipolar world can only be good for democracy.
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Ecuador’s Digital Agenda: Bridging the Digital Divide and Laying the Foundations for a Knowledge Economy
Certain sectors of the Ecuadoran government would like to become less dependent on natural resource extraction and instead create a digital- and knowledge-based economy.
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Can Net Neutrality Ensure Social Justice for All?
Preserving net neutrality may be our last best hope for advancing the cause of global social justice.