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Volkswagen Workers Vote on Union, Works Council Scheme
A win for the United Auto Workers at Volkswagen looks likely this week, as 1,550 workers vote on union representation through Friday.
Indigenous Organizing Drives Montana Tar Sands Opposition
As more people get involved and learn about the tar sands, they are getting even more deeply invested.
Why Cupid Seems to Be Missing More Often
Those arrows aren't hitting their lovelorn targets the way they once did. The reason? New research points to our growing economic divide.
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Five Messed-Up Things That Are in Your Food
Many of these ingredients are banned in Europe, but here in the good old USA you'll find them on your dinner plate.
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North Carolina Coal Ash Pond Still Leaking as Feds Launch Criminal Probe
Federal authorities launched a criminal investigation following Duke Energy's massive coal ash spill and reports of ongoing leaks into North Carolina's Dan River, amid allegations the state has long …
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Waging War on Valentine’s Day
How can we rescue radical love from cardboard expression and use it to “restore the humanity” of our oppressors?
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Paul Krugman | Redefining the Middle Class
One of the odd things about the United States has long been the immense range of people who consider themselves to be middle class - and are deluding themselves.
John Pilger | “Good” and “Bad” War – and the Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting
By 2020, China will be ringed by US missiles and nuclear weapons-armed aircraft, increasing tension. Will this history be forgotten, as was the US empire's expansion into Korea after …
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Stop Burning Out the Activists
The old funding model for nonprofits burns out the people, drives out the ideas and leads to vested-interest control, says longtime activist Bill Shireman.
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Why Are GOP Politicians and Anti-Union Groups Interfering With the VW Vote?
Why are Republican politicians in Tennessee and a host of outside interests interfering in union voting by Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga?