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The Shell Game of Contingent Employment
As corporations continue to look for ways to skirt government regulations and increase their profit margins, many will continue to hire intermediaries or misclassify workers as a way of …
Paying the Price of Tar Sands Expansion
A little-known tax break allows companies to write-off half of the cost of new equipment for refining tar sands and shale oil.
The United States Is Number One … but in What?
American politicians are fond of telling their audiences that the United States is the greatest country in the world. Is there any evidence for this claim?
How Germany Managed to Abolish University Tuition Fees
If Germany has done it, why can't we?
Manufactured Emergency: The Neoliberal Assault on Michigan
Those who want to privatize public services and destroy unions have made some successful incursions into the once union-friendly state. Whether Michiganders can mount an effective resistance remains to …
In Greece, Media Censorship, Self-Censorship, Journalist Arrests and Murder
By all international measures, Greece has seen a stunning decline in its level of press freedom: Murder and intimidation of journalists, including threats of state prosecution or private lawsuits, …
Ebola Regional Fund Shows Growing Solidarity in West Africa
Time will tell whether the Ebola regional solidarity fund turns out to be the precursor of a more substantial ECOWAS social development agenda.
US Government Sanitizes Vietnam War History
The Pentagon plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War by launching a $30 million program to rewrite and sanitize its history.
US Treasury and Transportation Departments Hold a Privatization Party
Ignoring the benefits of taxes as a revenue source forces us into depending on the people who crashed the economy to fund our infrastructure.
A Blueprint for Bankruptcy
The “privates” in much-touted “public private partnerships” make billions by seeming to lose millions in US transportation projects.