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Unemployment Falls to 6.7 Percent Due to Workers Leaving the Labor Force
In this month's jobs report, Dean Baker notes the December rate of labor force participation for black men is the lowest on record.
Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp: The Many Ways That You’re Being Tracked and Controlled
We have arrived in Orwell's world. The question now is: will we take a stand and fight to remain free or will we go gently into the concentration camp?
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Obama Administration Stays Quiet as Boeing Strikes Major Blow to Pensions
Boeing is one of the few remaining major corporations in the US that still offers defined-benefit pensions. But on Friday, 30,000 union workers in Washington state voted to give …
Does the History of the Algerian Coup Offer Clues to What Egypt May Expect?
In Algeria the military dictatorship used the threat of Islamist power as an excuse to crush democracy. Will this history be repeated in Egypt?
Mass Protests Grow as Military Drags Egypt Back to Dictatorship
Since the coup by Egypt's military, political repression in Egypt has intensified.
Marijuana and a New York State of Mind
Why aren't more progressive-oriented states legalizing marijuana? A look at how New York state's police departments - and legislative candidates - are funded may provide a clue.
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Lobbying for Iran War, AIPAC’s Napkin Is Half-Empty
Robert Naiman: Blowing up President Obama's diplomacy with Iran would be the foreign policy equivalent of repealing ObamaCare.
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Inequality Remains a Critical Issue in the US
Paul Krugman: The reasons to focus on inequality are overwhelmingly convincing, even if you are skeptical about particular arguments.
Syrian Revolutionaries Resist Violent Fundamentalists
The media is fixated on WMDs and overlooking the revolution, while liberators are battling the government as well as an al-Qaeda-linked fundamentalist group while planning for Syria's future, a …
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Shipping Delays Prove That Sometimes a Glitch Is Just a Glitch
Right wing pundits were quick to pundits were quick to condemn HealthCare.gov's technical problems, but none of these people made similar claims about UPS or Amazon shortcomings.