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“We Have No Choice But to Step Up”: Youth Activists Come Together to Build a Movement for Student Power
Student organizers from around the country (and the world) gathered in Columbus to help build a unified, strong student movement, learn from one another, and take action.

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Skilled Work, Without the Worker
At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric shavers. That is the old way.

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Paul Ryan and Todd Akin Partnered on Radical “Personhood” Bill
Should Ryan and Akinu2019s personhood agenda take effect, however, it would drastically reduce womenu2019s reproductive choice.

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How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call It Public Welfare
Social welfare nonprofits have emerged as a prime vehicle for political money for several reasons.

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Monsanto, DuPont Spend Millions to Defeat California Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Initiative
With biotech giant Monsanto leading the way, big agribusiness firms and food manufacturers have vastly outspent organic food and alternative health firms in an effort to defeat California's Proposition …

Ecuador Defies UK/US Pressure, Gives Assange Asylum
Baher Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights: International humanitarian law trumps extradition treaties.

Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity
Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Deepwater Drilling Reaches Historic Highs Despite Risks, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Republicans admit eliminating weekend voting would make it harder for some African-Americans to make it to the polls; BP is looking for …

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Study: Raising the Minimum Wage Especially Benefits Women
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute finds that, while raising the minimum wage to the proposed $9.80 level would have a significant impact on about 28 million …

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US Protests Tell GM to Resolve Colombian Hunger Strike
After more than a year at the doorstep of the U.S. embassy in Bogotu00e1, the struggle of Colombian GM workers came to the companyu2019s own doorstep Wednesday. Student, community, …