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Sun Shines on Forest Women
The forest has always been their home and their source of sustenance. Now, these women are tapping the sun that shines through it.
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Matt Stoller: Big Oil Hooked Americans on Credit Cards
The credit card industry gets short shrift when it comes to history.
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Major League Soccer to Start Season With Scab Refs
The MLS refs lockout is devastating for MLS and terrible for all working people, whether you consider yourself a soccer fan or not.
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Dahr Jamail | New Mexico: Where Polluting Groundwater Is Legal
New Mexico's governor has given the copper industry carte blanche to pollute what is left of the state's groundwater.
Whistleblower Evan Voke’s Evidence Against TransCanada Whitewashed By Regulators
Are regulators whitewashing TransCanada's performance record by not making incident and inspection reports available to the public or the press?
New ILO Animation Explores Forced Labor
The International Labour Organization released the following video to demonstrate how individuals can get trapped into forced labor.
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Zombie Super PACs Face Termination
The FEC is putting hundreds of obscure political committees on notice for disclosure failures.
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Senators Block Bill to Remove Sex Assault Cases From Military Chain of Command
The legislation would have stripped military commanders of the power to prosecute sexual assaults and other major crimes.
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US Plans to Speed Poultry Slaughtering, Cut Inspections
The overhaul would see processing speeds increase substantially even while responsibility for oversight would be largely given over to plant employees.
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Attacks on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Backfire
A movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions has gained enough support to inspire US Congressional bills proposing to outlaw it.