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Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and Its Anti-Union Crusade?
A major case left for a Supreme Court decision is Harris v. Quinn, which could effect millions of public sector workers in the United States.
Anti-Choice Extremism: Cultural Denial and Political Consequences
Extremism within the anti-abortion movement is largely ignored. But we cannot afford to disregard the danger to providers and loss of access to reproductive health care for millions of …
The VA Scandal: What Lessons Can We Draw?
The VA scandal over access to care for our veterans is, of course, a betrayal of our government's debt to our veterans and a national disgrace that needs fixing …
Why Don’t the Unemployed Get Off Their Couches? And Eight Other Critical Questions for Americans
As the United States slips from its status as the globe's number one economic power, small numbers of Americans continue to amass staggering amounts of wealth, while simultaneously inequality …
The Elderly as a Source of Profit
An issue that many have had the misfortune to encounter, but has yet to be recognized as a broader societal issue is how the medical-industrial complex takes advantage of …
Our Economy Wants You to Be in Debt: Five Things You Can Do to Take Charge
We pored through a debt-resistance manual created by former Occupiers to bring you these practical tips.
Coup Fever
Despite the lip service given to democracy the world over, coups remain a popular last resort. Here's why.
Infrastructure Sticker Shock: Financing Costs More Than Construction
Funding infrastructure through bonds doubles the price or worse. Costs can be cut in half by funding through the state's own bank.
VA Scandal: Is Obama’s Whistleblower Button Reset?
After the VA scandal of manipulating appointments for health care access to our veterans is “resolved,” will the first causality be the VA whistleblowers who have gone public?
Our Words Are Our Weapons: The Feminist Battle of the Story in the Wake of the Isla Vista Massacre
The struggle has been and will be long and harsh and sometimes ugly, and the backlash against feminism remains savage, strong, and omnipresent, but it is not winning.