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In Walmart and Fast Food, Unions Scaling Up a Strike-First Strategy
If the current effort ends up raising Walmart pay substantially, it will be good news for retail and grocery workers around the countryu2014another reason for organizers to target the …
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GOP Vote Rigging Stalls in Virginia and Florida but Pushes on in Wisconsin and Michigan – Why?
Will citizens allow their elected leaders to get away with these cynically partisan vote-rigging schemes?
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Old, Female and Homeless
The cost of living in most major metropolitan areas is on the rise, while wages are down.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Administration Considers Next Move on NLRB Appointment
Women are still struggling to find equality in the workplace; a senior Obama administration official tasked with closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, has been reassigned from his …
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Jesse Long-Bey Joins the Ancestors
Jesse Long-Bey, activist, teacher and longtime Michigan Citizen editor, passed away last week, leaving behind a powerful legacy.
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Message from Mexico: US Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink
New efforts in Mexico to draw water from far underground conflicts with US policy that deep water can be purposely polluted.
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Shocking: Reporting Factory Farm Abuses to be Considered “Act of Terrorism” If New Laws Pass
Three states are the latest states to introduce
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Turning Tide? Lawmakers Look to Pentagon for Budget Cuts
With the national deficit looming over the country, Obama might look to make cuts to defense spending to balance the budget.
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What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger
Frances Moore Lappe: There is a solution to hunger and it is democracy, not food.
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What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger
Women's leadership has meant the production of almost 3 million extra meals each year.