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“Just Cause:" Isn’t it Time for All Workers to Have More Job Security?
The US is alone among industrialized countries that permits “at will” employees. Labor should seize the opportunity to champion the passage of “just cause” standards into state laws.
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Confessions of a Climate Change Denier
In order to truly address climate change we must change the narrative with which we define it.
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Who’s Doing the Writing? Peace Talks: New Chapter, Old Book
As peace talks between Israel and Palestine commence, we must break past the pro/con dichotomy to truly engage with the problem both socially and politically.
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Need a Job? Join the New Army (Navy) of Servants
While the rich get richer, the lower class suffers. Jobs are scarce, but one job sector is booming: the servant sector.
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Growing Evidence Reveals Child Labor in Cargill’s Palm Oil Supply Chain
Cargill continues to defend its most controversial palm oil suppliers amidst growing documentation of forced and child labor on palm plantations.
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Soul-Searching: The President Made Me Do It
In a country that has always denied its actual origins, it is not surprising that conversations – including soul-searching – about race in this country, generally rely on a …
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A Nuclear Free World
We've managed to outgrow or to come within sight of outgrowing cannibalism, slavery, blood feuds, duels, capital punishment, child labor, tar and feathering, the stocks and pillory, wives as …
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Blackfish Documentary Exposes Negligence, Corruption in SeaWorld’s Quest for Profit
A new documentary, Blackfish, aims to expose the ugly truth of SeaWorld's killer whale captivity.
This American Life Whitewashes US Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award
One would be hard-pressed to encounter another contemporary mainstream account of that period so thoroughly sanitized of Washington's involvement in crimes against humanity.
Nurturing Open, Creative Development in the Digital Age
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