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Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs in April, Sharp Drop in Labor Force Leads to Plunge in Unemployment
Voluntary part-time employment has been rising, which is a predictable effect of the Affordable Care Act.
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Rape, Rape Culture and the Problem of Patriarchy
This year's Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April was full of the usual stories about men's violence, especially on university campuses.
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William Rivers Pitt | Cliven Bundy: Clown Car or Trojan Horse?
Mr. Bundy was a Trojan Horse filled with Koch Industries drilling equipment - until he blew it.
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Brown’s Bittersweet Legacy
Public schools are more segregated today than they've been since 1968.
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Noam Chomsky | Red Lines in Ukraine and Elsewhere
This era's most extreme international crime, the US-UK invasion of Iraq, was not a break in world order because the aggressors didn't cross Russian or Chinese red lines. In …
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The Economic Plans of the Kiev Government Will Spell Ruin for a Great Many in Ukraine
Ukraine's “turn to the West,” together with the effects of austerity, will deindustrialize Ukraine and turn it into an agricultural appendage of the EU.
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Tornado Survival Tips
With thousands of flattened homes and numerous devastated communities in the aftermath of this week's widespread tornadoes, it is worthwhile to revisit tornado safety tips.
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Retirement Accounts for Everyone
The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that create a publicly administered retirement plan that would be open to anyone who works at a company with more than five …
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The US Should Accept Palestinian Unity
While Palestinians celebrated the reconciliation agreement signed between Fatah and Hamas, the reactions in Washington and Israel were reminiscent of the biblical “weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Major Drug War Hearings in Congress This Week
The hearings come against a backdrop of huge domestic change with respect to the drug war.