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How Cities Can Join the Fight Against Wage Theft
Fuerza del Valle Workers' Center, which battles wage theft, is asking local elected leaders to step up, take action and fight poverty.
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Free Speech Doesn’t Kill People
The true interest of opponents is not lowering crime rates or officer safety, but shutting down a powerful social movement.
Bianca Jagger | President Obama’s Gravest Error: Trusting Shell to Drill in the Arctic
President Obama's approval of Shell's Arctic oil drilling has tarnished his environmental legacy.
The Market Shouldn’t Decide Who Gets Educated, We Should
Rising tuition, reduced public spending, and market logic are increasingly reshaping our higher education system.
Now the DOJ Admits They Got It Wrong
It is now seven years after Lehman's senior officers' frauds destroyed it and triggered the financial crisis.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: We Are Running Out of Time to Save Our Oceans, and More
In today's On the News segment: Our oceans are in a dire state, and we don't have much time left to prevent more widespread destruction; the 62-year-old oil pipelines …
Operation Naked King: Secret DEA Sting in Bolivia Confirms Evo Morales’ Fears About US Meddling
The US government has secretly targeted Bolivian President Evo Morales with a drug sting.
Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray’s Arrest: Power of a Copwatch Camera Is “Almost Like Live Bullets”
A key piece of evidence in the case against the officers is the video showing Gray screaming in apparent agony as police drag him to a van.
Seattle Strike Enters Fifth Day as Teachers Protest Testing Policies, Racial Inequity and Low Wages
The impasse has delayed the start of the public school year for about 53,000 students.
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