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(Photo: Yana Kunichoff / Truthout) Unseen but ever present, behind the well-stocked shelves of Walmarts around the country are warehouse workers. This labor force is primarily employed …

(Photo: Mark Nockleby / Flickr) In response to heated opposition from consumers and activists, state regulators ruled on Wednesday that residential customers of California's PG&E utility company …

An edition of Inspire magazine, produced and published by an arm of al-Qaeda, was discovered at Guantanamo, prompting a strict, new legal mail review policy for detainees and their …

What do coffee growers in Ethiopia, hardware store owners in America, and Basque entrepreneurs have in common? For one thing, many of them belong to cooperatives. By pooling their …

You need to know this.  The United States economy out-performed expectations – adding 243,000 jobs in January to lower the unemployment rate down to 8.3%.  It’s the 23rd straight month …

After enduring a firestorm of criticism for its decision to de-fund Planned Parenthood's cancer screening program, the Komen Foundation seemingly reversed itself on Friday, announcing that they would continue …

This morning, Komen for the Cure released the following statement from Nancy Brinker and the Susan G. Komen Board of Directors: We want to apologize …

While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the …

During his State of the Union address, President Obama said “send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit …

In 2011, Republican-led state legislatures across the South and country pushed dozens of new voting restrictions, including measures requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. …