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The Salinas Project
Every day, Americans eat produce that is handpicked by immigrant farm workers in this area, but few understand the challenges the farm workers and their children face.
SOTU: President’s Base Opposes Fast Track for TPP
Corporate interests that fought the president's re-election are lobbying for him to use the speech to call on Congress to enact Fast Track authority for the TPP.
“A Silent Coup”: Jeremy Scahill & Bob Herbert on Corporate, Military Interests Shaping Obama’s SOTU
On issues from domestic inequality to foreign policy, President Obama delivered the fifth State of the Union with a vow to take action on his own should Congress stonewall …
Obama’s Minimum Wage Hike Excludes Hundreds of Thousands Fed Contractor Workers
Amy Traub: Obama's $10.10 minimum wage hike is a clear victory for hundreds of thousands of workers of new or renewed contracts but will still exclude a large group …
Obama’s Address Fails to Look at Roots of Income Inequality
David Cay Johnston: $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractors is a restoration not rise in wages since minimum wage is substantially lower now than in 1960s.
Pete Seeger Interview: How Can I Keep From Singing?
At the age of 94, Pete Seeger has passed away. Sarah van Gelder interviewed him in 2007 on a life of music and the power of millions of small …
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How Thousands of Chemicals Can Hide in Your Drinking Water
It turns out that public drinking water is not as well inspected as we may have imagined.
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A Typical Day
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Big Telecom
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Pete Seeger: Beating Flagpoles Into Ploughshares
Pete Seeger, RIP and God bless. As you used to say, take it easy, but take it.