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Iceland’s Future Depends on the Contours of the Coalition
The parties most responsible for Iceland's economic collapse won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections.
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Henry A. Giroux | Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt
Henry Giroux: The lockdown is the new common sense tactic of a militarized society.
“Mrs. Clinton Can Have Her Factories”: A Haitian Sweatshop Worker Speaks
Marjorie Valcelat ran an embroidery machine in a factory from 2005 to 2008. She says the experience made her so sick and weak that she's not felt able to …
We Have a Dream: Farmworkers Organize for Justice
What's at stake is not only an improvement in wages and working conditions, but a shift of power.
Hypocrites With Fat Wallets: CEOs Want It All
Sam Pizzigati: CEOs are running up the federal debt purely to enrich themselves.
North Carolina: A Banana Republic for Dirty Energy Interests?
Most of the North Carolina lawmakers pushing to repeal the state's renewable energy law have ties to coalition groups.
From Bad Jobs to Good Jobs
What happened to the good jobs? And what does it take to get them back?
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Apple Dodges Enough Taxes to Cover Much of the Sequester
This week, Apple financed a $55 billion stock buyback for its shareholders to avoid paying $9.2 billion in taxes.
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UN Finds “Little Appreciation” for Human Rights Among US Businesses
An expert group says US businesses don't do enough to ensure the protection of human rights of workers and communities affected by their operations.
Jilly Ballistic and the New Aesthetic of Dissent
Even if we are screwed, at least we can laugh at ourselves, and that's the first step to becoming unscrewed, right?