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Defined by Debt: How the Strike Debt Movement Redefined Occupy
A shift in focus within Occupy camps mirrors the Quebec student movement by looking at the effect of student debt.
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Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Workers Rights and Wages in Haiti
Beverly Bell takes a look at the economics behind third world sweatshops to propose how alternative pathways can be found.
Jamaica Kincaid: The Things We Must Say
The celebrated writer reflects on the confinement of identity, speaking truth to shame, and the power of secrets.
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Good Consumers, Bad Citizens
Michael Winship: When did we stop being citizens and become merely consumers?
The Judicial Amendments’ 1-2-3-4 Punch to Collective Bargaining
Judicial amendments have created so many ways that employees, unions, and, yes, employers can lose.
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War on Democracy in Wisconsin: Bill Would Enact Voter ID, End Disclosure, Limit Early Voting and Expand Lobbyist Influence
A Wisconsin legislator has managed to bundle nearly all of the excesses associated with dirty elections into a single bill that good government advocates are describing as a 'sweeping …
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Hundreds Protest Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees in North Carolina
Opponents say the genetically altered trees would turn forests into mono-crop fuel generators.
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Maya Angelou Writes of Mothers and Daughters: Reconciliation and Unconditional Love
Maya Angelou writes of her mother, Vivian Baxter in her latest autobiography, “Mom & Me & Mom.”
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Life on Penalty of Death
Maya Schenwar details her exchange with a prisoner on death row, striking right to the heart of what it means to be human.
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Puerto Rican Independentista Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance to Torture
A new book examines the broader political significance of Puerto Rican activist Oscar Lopez Rivera's case, while providing an unflinching look at how imprisonment and draconian policies like solitary …