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Walmart, Gap Seek Separate Safety Standards for Bangladesh Factories
Labor advocates are disparaging the new talks, suggesting the results will likely not be binding and thus will not be able to ensure worker safety.
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Social Security and Medicare Reports Little Changed From 2012
The projected shortfall in Medicare has fallen by almost 70 percent since 2008.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Unions Are Pressing the Obama Administration to Take a Stand Against the Slave Labor Conditions in Bangladesh, and More
In today's On the News segment: Unions are pressing the Obama administration to take a stand against the slave labor conditions in Bangladesh; Sen. Bernie Sanders said he's not …
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The New Farm Bill Shows What’s Wrong With US Food
The new farm bill will cut some $20 billion in food stamps over the next decade.
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Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
Gas and oil industry workers join climate scientists in denouncing the dangerous keystone pipeline project.
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Government Seeks Life for Manning; Hammond Could Face Ten Years
Michael Ratner: The government uses a sledge hammer to go after ‘truth tellers’ Bradley Manning, Jeremy Hammond and Julian Assange
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Why Is the German Left Unconditionally Supporting Israel?
Hermann Dierkes was personally attacked and called an anti-Semite, because he dared express solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle.
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How Enterprise Zones Are Killing the California Dream
Controversial job creation program in California puts the unemployed at risk.
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NYC Public Libraries Under Attack, Facing Privatization and Budget Cuts
The financial crisis has given mayor Bloomberg the opportunity to make cuts to libraries.
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Judge Frees Patriot Coal to Eliminate Retiree Benefits for 20,000
A bankruptcy court has decided that a St. Louis coal mining company is free to rob 20,000 of their pensions.