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New Factories Have Jobs You’d Really Want – and These Chicago Kids Are Skilling Up to Get Them
Manufacturing jobs are returning to the US, but to fill them weu2019ll have to train a new generation of workers.
Racist Policing in the De Blasio Era: Bill Bratton’s Crusade to Save a Dying Brand
Is New York City Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton maintaining a debunked policing philosophy for personal financial gain?
Vote November 4: Defeat Suppression of Minorities, Youth, Workers
The right wing is attempting to rig and steal the election.
How a US and International Atomic Energy Agency Deception Haunts the Nuclear Talks
In 2008, the Bush administration and a key IAEA official agreed on a strategy of misrepresenting Iran's position on the authenticity of intelligence documents.
Fighting the Last War: Will the War on Terror Be the Template for the Ebola Crisis?
Ebola seems to mimic some of the characteristics experts long ago assigned to al-Qaeda and its various wannabe and successor outfits.
Dark Day for Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement of Texas Voters
Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect.
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?