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Dean Baker | Everyday Low Wages at Walmart: Brought to You by Government Policy
Forced to go on government assistance, Wal-Mart workers are not just pushing for higher wages, but a system that gives them the chance to survive in America.
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Ten Outrages and Crazy Statements by Right-Wingers This Week: Pope Provokes Free-Market Freakout
Before the Thanksgiving floats, there was the usual parade of right-wing nuts this week, many of whom became apoplectic after Pope Francis’ much-publicized Joy of the Gospel document, which …
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Nut Case
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The American Way of Manners, Col. Manners Answers Your Questions on the Etiquette of War, Nuclear Threats, and Surveillance
Many publications have advice columnists, but none has our old friend Colonel Manners. His assignment: to answer questions from Americans puzzled by the abstruse intricacies of the American way …
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U-S-A!
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Henry A. Giroux | Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism
Increasingly, young people are becoming more willing to cross boundaries, join questions of understanding and power, and bring into being new ways of engaging with the world.
TEPCO Downplays Huge Risks Involved in Removing Fukushima Fuel Rods
Agencies overseeing cleanup like the IAEA are biased towards defending and promoting nuclear power.
Ebony and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges
Massachusetts Institute of Technology American history professor Craig Steven Wilder reveals how the slave economy and higher education grew up together.
Filmmaker Uncovers Her Family’s Shocking Slave-Trading History, Urges Americans to Explore Own Roots
Katrina Browne documented her roots in the film, ‘Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North,’ which revealed how her family, based in Rhode Island, was once …
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The Retirement Deficit
Many of America's CEOs don't think we're ‘entitled’ to a secure retirement.