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Hyatt Surveils Its Workers Via iPods
What we almost never hear, however, is a real discussion of the place most Americans have their freedoms curtailed: the workplace.

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A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift
The new American job: part-time work, part-time pay, part-time living standard.

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Paying Taxes to Your Boss: A Step Toward 21st Century Feudalism
Employers are already treating their workers like their subjects. Now some of them get to collect taxes, too.

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Fifteen Things Neither Romney Nor Obama Is Brave Enough to Stand For
Despite big differences, there are issues that neither candidate is brave enough to tackle.

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Election Countdown 2012: The Media Respond to Richard Mourdock’s “War on Women”, and More
Mission elapsed time: T + 49 and counting* Naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly …

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Portland, Oregon Prepares for Pre-Election Anti-Austerity Protest
The activists hope the action will have the potential of growing into a powerful European-like movement capable of changing social policy on a national level.

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fukushima Is Having Trouble Disposing of Hundreds of Thousands of Tons of Contaminated Nuclear Waste Water, and More
In today's On the News segment:Â Fukushima's water-treatment manager admitted that they are having trouble disposing of hundreds of thousands of tons of contaminated nuclear waste water; a CEO threatened …

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Secretive Surveillance Program Goes to the Supreme Court
The US government insists that Americans donu2019t have the right to challenge a law that lets the NSA eavesdrop on them, but that could change next week.

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Need for Keystone XL Shrinking as Industry Looks to Export US Crude Oil
A dramatic and unexpected American oil boom is transforming pipeline networks and changing the way petroleum has flowed for decades.

Law Enforcement Officials Call for an End to “The War On Drugs”
Jim Gierach a former Assistant Stateu2019s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois and Richard Van Wickler superintendent for the Cheshire County, New Hampshire Department of Corrections call for the legalization …