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Boosting the Minimum Wage to $10.10 an Hour Should Be a No-Brainer
Public support for a minimum wage hike is overwhelming, but lobbying by powerful corporations is tripping it up in Congress.
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Get Intersectional! Or, Why Your Movement Can’t Go It Alone
“Intersectionality” is a way of thinking holistically about how different forms of oppression interact in people's lives, and movements need to use it.
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The Michigan Defeat; the Michigan Victory – Keeping the Issue of Palestine Alive on Campus
Whether the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movements on campuses are successful, they are raising awareness.
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The Climate Deniers Are Using the Same Tactics as the Tobacco Industry
As it becomes increasingly obvious that global warming is entering doomsday scenario territory, the fossil fuel industry is ramping up the propaganda war.
Solidarity Economics, a Forgotten Practice of the Black Radical Tradition: An Interview With Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Economist and author Jessica Gordon Nembhard talks to Laura Flanders about her book, Collective Courage, and the forgotten history of African-American cooperatives.
West Looks to Carve Up Ukraine and Privatize Industries Held by Kleptocrats
Professor Michael Hudson argues there are imperial interests in the West's stance on Ukraine.
The Multiple Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia
TRNN discusses the Saudi royal family, the decentralization of power, and all the various princes in Saudi Arabia that are contending with each other.
Indian Parliamentary Elections – A Primer With Vijay Prashad
This week, the Indians will begin the month-long process of electing their Lok Sabha, the general parliamentary elections in which 543 seats are being contested. Four hundred million of …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Wealth Gap Today Is as Bad as It Was in the 1920s, and More
Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program: In today's On the News segment: those at the very top hold more of the wealth than at any time since 1928, and …
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Documents From Open Records Lawsuit Further Undermine Claims That ALEC Is Legislator-Driven
New documents released provide more evidence that lobbyists and special interest groups are calling the shots within ALEC, undermining that group's latest PR spin that it is a “legislator-driven” …