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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Maryland to Become 18th State to Ban Death Penalty, and More
Walmart slated to open six stores in the DC region as it fights proposed legislation to ensure workers at large retailers a living wage, and more.
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The True Cost of Food: Immigration and Agriculture Workers
Real reform could protect workers from unsafe conditions, but not in time for Modesto Hernandez, who may never recover the full use of his feet.
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Postal Unions Agitate to Keep Delivering the Mail on Time and on Saturday
The National Association of Letter Carriers is calling for a national day of action March 24 to save six-day delivery before the March 27th vote.
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Persepolis Publisher Responds to Chicago Public School Ban
Publishers respond to the recent banning of Marjane Satrapiu2019s novel Persepolis, a coming of age tale set in conservative Iran.
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Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, Sunnis Who Backed Saddam Chafe Under Shiite Rule
And Kurds are angry at the prime minister's refusal to resolve the issues of revenue-sharing and oil sales.
Iraq: War’s Legacy of Cancer
Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions.
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Letter From Poland: Smart, Young, Unemployed – and Leaving
If someone is looking for the next Polish revolution, s/he may be disappointed.
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Israel: Where Soccer Fans Boo Their Own Players When They Score
What does it say that sixty-six years later, Israeli fans of the soccer club Beitar Jerusalem have not evolved to postwar-Brooklyn standards of human decency?
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L.A. Teachers Block Corporate Donor Attempt to Buy School Board
Bloomberg was one of many wealthy outside donors, dropping $1 million on the L.A. school board races.
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“The Consumer’s Got to Change the System”: Farmer Ben Burkett on Racism and Corporate Control of Agriculture
We struggle every day to bring about a change.