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Moving On: The Logic of Slavery in the Reparations Debate
In Jamaica, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his answer to reparations loud and clear: “move on,” accompanied by funds to build a prison.
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Apple’s Supply-Chain Workers May Be Risking Cancer to Build Your iPhone
A new report details serious labor violations at a major Apple supplier, and evidence of worker exposure to cancer-causing benzene.
H&M Has a New Labor Plan: It Looks a Lot Like All the Others
Critics are skeptical of the clothing retailer's latest promises to improve supply-chain working conditions - for good reason.
Coal Ash: The United States’ Multibillion-Ton Toxic Legacy
US coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of ash a year, most of it dumped in open storage ponds that contaminate drinking water.
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Pennsylvania Threatens to Revoke License of Family Detention Center
Berks County Residential Center not licensed to hold families, state says.
Killing Off Community Banks – Intended Consequence of Dodd-Frank?
The Dodd-Frank regulations are so lethal to community banks that some say the intent was to force them to sell out to the megabanks.
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Meet the 1 Percenters Finding Solace in Redistribution
Young people with wealth are organizing the resources of their peers and families to level the playing field.
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Officials Squabble as Underground Fire Burns Near Radioactive Waste Dump in St. Louis Area
The radioactive legacy of St. Louis' has unleashed Cold War-style nuclear paranoia in the area.
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It’s Time for the US to Return to “Socialist” Policies
Americans overwhelmingly want our nation to return to the “radical socialist” policies pioneered by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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What Clinton Got Wrong About Snowden
The former secretary of state attacked the NSA whistleblower without bothering to get her facts straight.