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Walmart Moms’ Walkout Starts Friday
According to a Thursday conference call hosted by the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, hundreds of mothers who work at Walmart stores throughout the country will begin walking …
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New Campaign for a Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Gains Momentum
Achieving a ban treaty negotiated without the nuclear weapons states would give us a cudgel to hold them to their bargain to negotiate for the total elimination of nuclear …
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Piketty in Elysium
If inequality sells in bookstores and box offices, it will sell at the polls as well.
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The Last Commencement Address: Surveilling the Class of 2014
“All I can do, graduates of the Internet class of 2014, is wish you luck and say that what you do (or don't do) will matter.”
One Size Does Not Fit All: Fighting the Common Core Curriculum
Corporate interests are pushing Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in an attempt to privatize public elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States and impose a one-size-fits-all curriculum on …
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Fear of a Brown Planet: Watch This Stand-Up Comedian Explain “Reverse Racism“
Bullying, police brutality, and everyday insensitivities are regularly lampooned with Australians Aamer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain's weapon of choice: comedy.
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Rigged Trade Deals: “Our Job Is to Notice”
For big corporations, trade agreement time is like Christmas morning. They can get special gifts they could never pass through Congress out in public.
House Voting on Bipartisan Amendment to Stop Federal Medical Marijuana Raids
The US House could vote on a bipartisan amendment to the Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill that would prohibit the federal government from wasting taxpayer money interfering with state medical marijuana …
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Samsung’s Complaints Department
Making smartphones means never having to say you're sorry.
Cut-Throat Capitalism: Welcome to the Gig Economy
Turns out that life with no health benefits, vacation pay or retirement plan is not a rosy picture.