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Let’s Give Workers Something to Cheer About
Labor Day should be a day on, not a day off, in the effort to reclaim the American dream for working people.
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Van Jones and Charles Blow Absolve White America
The people of Ferguson had no power brokers dissuading protest, claiming to speak for them or cutting deals behind their backs. So they took to the streets day after …
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Nine Extraordinary Ways to Use the Tools of your trade in protest
Here are nine more examples of farmers, janitors, musicians and fire fighters wielding their own ordinary tools in extraordinary protests.
Making a Living on a Living Planet
On Labor Day 1940, American workers faced the aftermath of the Great Depression, with mass unemployment persisting and a divided labor movement facing a renewed counterattack from corporate America.
Pesticides on the Playground
Is your children’s schoolyard routinely sprayed with pesticides? How safe your children are might depend on where you live.
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Can This Undercover Nail Polish Detect Date Rape Drugs?
Undercover Colors is a line of nail polish that is chemically designed to detect some commonly known date rape drugs.
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Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean Countries
The upcoming UN Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa will provide an important opportunity to increase international cooperation and knowledge sharing between and within regions.
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Seafood Produced by “Modern Slaves” Leaves a Bad Taste
US seafood producers are competing already with at least some imports caught, farmed or processed by slaves. So why is the Obama administration pushing for the Trans Pacific Partnership …
The Kiev/NATO War in Eastern Ukraine and the Urgent Need for International Solidarity
The peoples of Eastern Europe and Russia need our solidarity in the face of the threats and aggression of the NATO countries.
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Seven Disturbing Quotes From the Koch Summit Speeches
“All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speechu2026. We now have, I think, the most free and open system weu2019ve had in modern times.” …