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Alabama Agriculture Department Advances Plan to Replace Immigrant Workers With Prisoners
ThinkProgress has been reporting on the catastrophic economic consequences of Alabama’s harshest-in-the-nation immigration law. Undocumented workers are the backbone of Alabama’s agriculture industry, and their exodus has already created …
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The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons
If you’ve ever stepped into a nail salon, you know the smell of a chemical cocktail that hits you like an invisible wall. While consumers may tolerate it during …
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Families Join the Occupy Movement as the 99 Percent Takes On the Housing Crisis
A nine-year-old demonstrates with a picture of a home that Fannie Mae foreclosed on in Boston, October 10, 2011. (Photo: Lauren Metter, DIgBoston.com) Kelly Shaw and her …
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Cuomo Strikes Deal to Raise Taxes on the Wealthiest
Albany - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders on Tuesday announced that they had reached an agreement to raise taxes on New York State’s wealthiest residents as part …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Los Angeles City Council to Vote on Corporate Personhood Today, and More
In today's On the News segment: From 2009 to 2010, carbon emissions took the largest one-year jump since the Industrial Revolution started three centuries ago; European summit plans to …
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Mine Owner to Pay $200 Million in Death of 29 Men
In what officials say is the largest ever settlement in a government investigation of a mine disaster, Alpha Natural Resources agreed to pay $209 million in restitution and civil …
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How Big Banks Finance Billions in Predatory Payday Lending
One of the more pernicious forms of predatory lending is payday lending, which involves firms giving usually low-income workers very short-term, high-interest loans in order to help them pay …
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Occupy Our Homes: From the Streets to Foreclosed Homes, OWS Finds a New Frontier
Today, Occupy Wall Street and Occupy movements around the country will “go out of the streets and into the homes” of the 99 percent to draw attention to the …
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Many Workers in Public Sector Retiring Sooner
Madison, WI - As states and cities struggle to resolve paralyzing budget shortfalls by sending workers on unpaid furloughs, freezing salaries and extracting larger contributions for health benefits and …
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Carriers Admit to Installing Hidden App
The cellphone spying saga is heating up. On Friday, Rep. Ed Markey joined Sen. Al Franken in demanding answers from Carrier IQ, the company that has worked …