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IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity
Contrary to the impression conveyed by most news media coverage, the report provides new evidence that Iranu2019s enrichment strategy is aimed at enhancing its bargaining position in negotiations with …
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Raising the Minimum Wage Is the Least We Can Do to Civilize America
Mark Weisbrot: Contrary to prevailing myths about who would benefit from a proposed increase in the minimum wage, 88 percent of the 28 million workers affected are not teenagers.
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Labor Day and the Election of 2012: It’s Inequality, Stupid
As wealth and income rise to the top, moreover, so does political power.
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No Minimum Wage for the Mariana Islands?
As head of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed boasts heu2019s building a political dynamo of five million members with a massive database, an annual budget of $100 …
The Environmental Health Costs of a Petrochemical Future
A chemical industry trade group is touting a job-creating side benefit of fracking in North Carolina, claiming that building a plant to process natural gas into the petrochemical products …
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South Africa’s Mine Massacre Reveals Ugly Realities
Thirty-four South African platinum miners were killed by police because of an inter-union spat. The reality is that the massacre reveals far more troubling fault lines.
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Capitalism’s Ideological Crutches
The mainstream ideology that works best as capitalism's crutch is blame the government.
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Does Romney Think the Pentagon Needs More Marching Bands?
The rhetoric about cuts to the Pentagon's budget — which is five times larger than the next biggest defense spender, China, and about $100 billion more than then next …
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A Roadmap to the Future of Juvenile Justice
Juvenile justice is transforming throughout America. Though there is a long road ahead to reform these systems into effective, rehabilitative programs that no longer make children worse, there is …
Closer Than You Think: Top 15 Things Romney and Obama Agree On
Too much agreement between Republicans and Democrats has always been bad news for those at the bottom of America's class and racial totem poles