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Inside the Invisible World of Domestic Work: An Interview With Ai-jen Poo
Ai-jen Poo is a community organizer that has been advocating for domestic workersu2019 rights for over a decade, and in 2010, led the campaign for the nationu2019s first Domestic …
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Obama’s Chance to Change (Political) Climate
In his second term, to continue working to help protect the American people, President Obama must address the perils of climate change.
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Vandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
“Today, at a time of multiple crises, we need to move away from thinking of nature as dead matter to valuing her biodiversity, clean water, and seeds,” says ecological …
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Unemployment Rate Edges Down to 7.7 Percent as Job Growth Slows
Self-employment jumped by 163,000 in November.
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The Cost of Austerity? Just Look at the UK Economy, It’s a Mess
Conservatives laughed off criticism of austerity, but itu2019s clear they were wrong.
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Fracking Making Its Way Toward the UK
Sixty-four percent (over 34,000 square miles) of the English landmass could soon be subject to fracking.
A Public Bank for Scotland Could Ensure Economic Sovereignty
Perhaps the Scots will blaze a trail for economic sovereignty in the EU, just as North Dakotans did in the US.
The Corporate “Heist” of the United States Government Began With a Memo in 1971
Unless we amend the Constitution to say that corporations are not people and that money is not speech, America will soon become a full-blown oligarchy.
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Leveson’s Punch and Judy Show Masks Hacking on a Scale You Can Barely Imagine
Rupert Murdoch's hacking case diverts attention from much more scandalous media realities.
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Losing Time or Doing Time: Drowning Public Education in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy
Superstorm Sandy exposes flawed priorities in public education.