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Unions Boost Women’s Earnings, Benefits, and Workplace Flexibility
Over the past four decades, women have played increasingly important roles as breadwinners in their families. At the same time, women's share of unpaid care work and housework has …
UN Expert: Lethal Use of Drones Must Be Curbed
The UN's foremost expert on extrajudicial killing has called for international restrictions on the use of armed drones.
Unregulated, Outside Spending by Koch-Related Group Plagues Local Elections, Public Citizen Report Finds
Unregulated, undisclosed spending made possible by the US Supreme Courtu2019s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has left local communities defenseless against big money national organizations …
Accountability for the War in Iraq
The current level of violence in Iraq has a single root: the destabilizing act in 2003 of illegally invading and then occupying Iraq ordered by the George W. Bush …
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Protest in Venezuela: The Difference Between the Violent and Nonviolent Right Is Smaller Than You May Think
The insurgent tactics employed by the opposition in Venezuela belie its central argument that the inherent failings of socialism have led Venezuela down a disastrous path.
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The Grim Reality of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
The recent surge in unaccompanied, undocumented minors apprehended at the US-Mexico border draws attention to the poverty and violence ravaging Latin America and the lack of resources available to …
Tackling Debtors’ Prisons: Reflecting on the Death of Eileen DiNino
The death of a Pennsylvania mother in jail last week has once again highlighted the punitive cycle of criminal justice debt.
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Bike Share: Safe or Not Safe? A New Study on Brain Trauma Raises Questions
As more and more cities add bike share programs, it's important that we talk about safety, and for a lot of people that discussion comes down to helmets.